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CAHA NOTESIll-health kept.Claude Robinson, a founder of the Canadian Amateur llackey Association and u native Winnipeggcr fromattending the 60th annual meeting of the CAIIA here.. But it didn't stop him from addressing the mare than 160 delegates in attendance.Mr. Robinson, 93, and presently a resident of Vancouver, forwarded a taped message with Fred Page, one of seven pasl presidents in attendance at the official opening Monday at the Northslar Inn.Said Mr. Robinson: Old-age caught up with me. I have to stay home. I can’t altcnd any more meetings. It’s a hiUcr pill, my fond hopes of returning lo my native city have been shattered.“What can I say to the CAHA except lo heap praise upon it for the way it has run amateur hockey through the years and to say it is a credit to itself and the Canadian people.. “And lo say If the CAIIA ever comes to Vancouver for jls annual meeting, and I'm around, I’ll be there.”* * *Life members in attendance were: Cecil' Duncan, Ottawa; Frank Sargent, Thunder Bay; Robert LeBul, Chambly, Quebec; Earl Dawson, Winnipeg; Judge Hanson. Dowcli, Middleton. Nova Scotia ; Lionel Floury, Quebec; and Fred Page, North Vancouver, B.C.Frank McKinnon, president of Hie Manitoba Amateur Hoc* kf'v Association. in welcomingdelegates, boasted or two of four national crowns being won by Manitoba teams and introduced Col Marvin, representing Warroad Lakers, winners of the Hardy trophy ar.d llie Canadian intermediate title; and Frank Davis, representing Selkirk Steelers, winners of the Centennial Cup, emblematic nf .Tuition A hockey supremacy in Canada.Alderman Joseph Cropo, representing the City of Winnipeg, brought greetings on behalf of Mayor Steve Juba and was introduced by convention chairman Bill Addison, commissioner of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.The registration report re vealed 605,286 players competed in the CAHA program this season, compared In 264,264 in 19G7-GS . . . The CAHA approved 740 inter-branch transfers this season and 30 transfers lo the United Stales amateur leagues, as well as more than 100 transfers to international federations i n Europe ... .A total of 189 CAHA graduates turned professional this season and 37 professionals were reinstated as amateurs . . . Gordon Juckes, commenting on the financial report, said that the CAHA’s net worth is “$247,000, compared lo $190,000 two years ago.” . . . The CAHA handled S2,300,000 during the fiscal year completed March 31, 11174. including $50D,000 ill the ulayoffs.ti
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Tue, May 21, 1974
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