of Mr . and Mrs . Kenn Stanton.
His education has all been received in Rossland , and , according to report s I have ,
Tommy may be headed for
better things in the academic
world .

AS I SEE IT
WITH

HARRY PEPPER
As a starter for some features I am going to write on the
Junior Warrior players . I made
contact with three youngsters
who have done a fair share
tow a rd making this year's
team the most entertaining and
successful that we have had in
Rossland in some time .
The ones I chose for this
week's column are centre Mike
Evans -- " Mr. Cool" is my
name for Mike ; winger Tommy
Stanton, whom his team mates
have nicknamed ''The Bumble
Bee". Very appropriate too,
he sure does lots of buzzing
around ; and defenceman and
sometimes spare forward,
Doug Davis.
Mike was born in Rossland 17
years ago, the second child and
oldest son of Mr . and Mrs . Bill
Evans . He got all his education
so far in the local schools and
•will complete high school here .
At present he does part time
work as a clerk in the local
Super-Value store as well as
his school work and hockey
playing.

s

He bas participated in every
form of sport offered to youngsters in the city, including
Minor League Hockey in which
he started in Peewee Pups and
went all the way down the line .
In Baseball he played Little
League as soon as he was able
and was a member oftheRossland Colts under Bev Berry
before going on to play Juvenile
Ball for a couple of years .
Basketball, soccer and lacrosse also claimed a share of
his time as a player. Mike was
one of the first to sign up when
: the Rossland Minor Soccer Association started up some 3
years back, and was a member
, of this year' s championship
Juvenile squad under coach
John Hughes.
The career in sports of Mike
and my next subject run almost
exactly parallel. Tommy Stanton was born in Trail in 1954,
tbe fourth child, and third son

Doug 's first coach , he told
me, with his engaging grin,
was his dad . Ken has been
around Minor Hockey as long
as I can remember, and I
imagine that the same answer
would apply if I'd asked Doug
who his first lacrosse coach
was , as Kenny , being a Davis ,
was , along with the Scotts and
LaFaces , among the top line of
players on the famous Rossland
Redmen .
I asked the boys several
questions as to their predictions of the future of the Warriors and all agreed that they
hope to be the B.C. Junior "B"
Champs come spring , and all of
them feel it is not an impossibility .
I would like to close this
column by saying that I am
inclined to agree with them , and
to add that if everyone on the
squad gives it the same effort
as these three do , things could
be real promising.

TOM STANTON
Tommy remembers tnat tne
first time he donned a pair of
skates it was to take part in a
hockey game . That was in his
year with the Pee Wee Pups .
Both these boys have travelled around the province and
neighbouring Washington State
in connection with their sporting endeavours . Tommy , like
Mike, did not miss out on any
of the sports offered , and also
played for the Juvenile soccer
champs , where, as a centreforward , he was one of the top
scorers for the Wanderers in
every year he played.
The third member of this
week 's trio is a 16-year - old
bundle of energy who is a pleasnre to watch every time he
steps on the ice in a hockey
game .
Doug Davis is the youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs . Ken Davis
and is playing his second sea son with the Warriors . The
fact that Doug took part in
school soccer and never tried
out in the local minor league
is responsible for my not being
quite as familiar with him as
I am with Mike and Tommy ,
but it certaihly does not prevent
me from admiring the way he
throws himself into the thick
of things whenever it 's neces sary.