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THE ERA The Green Machine rolls over lackluster Tigers passed Peter Newmarket dog wins top honors in the US NEW YORK Before close to 10000 spectators in Madison Square Gardens here last week Sir Lancelot of Barvan an Old English sheepdog belonging to Barbara Vanword of Newmarket became the first Canadian dog in years to be named best in show at the 99th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show The four year old Sir Lancelot defeated other Old English sheepdogs for the best of breed title then went on to defeat five finalists from other categories The best in show distinction brought Sir Lancelots record ti 19 equalling the lifetime record of his sire Canadian American Bermuda champion Beau Billy According to the dogs handler Malcolm Fellows of Montreal Sir Lancelot will be retired from mixedbreed shows and will concentrate hence forth on specilized showing In addition to Sir Lancelot Mrs Vanword owns Weather a sixyearold bitch who is Lancelots mother and Miss he twoyearold daughter of the 100- pound champion I hope to take the daughter to Westminster next year or the year after said Mrs Vanword Asked if she thought Miss Obairo had a chance of winning the crown Mrs Vanwood laughed I think thats a lifetime experience I couldnt even dream of winning it Sir Lancelot who is called Dudley around house was only the second Old English sheepdog to win the best in show during Ihe near century the Westminster show has been running the pace all night Sunday as they went down to defeat at the hands of a hungry Wexford club in the second game of a seven Junior A playoff series After losing the first game Saturday night In Wexford the Tigers returned home already psychological underdogs and the fact that they were playing on their home ice did not help them Although Aurora carried the play in the first period gradually Wexford picked up momentum As it did so Auroras game broke loose at the seams Tigers passing became slipshod and hurried The defence was full of holes giving little protection in the Aurora net And when called upon Heintz was not as sharp as he was Saturday night From the very beginning of the contest players from both teams displayed short tempers and indicated they would be willing to resort to fisticuffs at he drop of the proverbial hat but surprisingly none of minor altercations into fighting Seven penalties were assessed in the first period before Ron Phillips finally scored on a play from Jim and Craig Chandler The goal came on a delayed penalty with out of the net and a sixth attacker on ice for Aurora Less than a minute later however Wexford or the Green Machine as they have come to be known lied the score on a high shot by John Law over Heintz- mans shoulder The first period ended in a deadlock but that was a close to winning as the Tigers would be for the rest of the night From the outset of the middle frame the Tigers lack acuity and timing was ob vious They passed into each others skates shot wide of the net and generally missed op portunities as they arose Wexford on the other hand controlled the play much of the time The Raiders made their passes count and shot with considerably more accuracy than the Tigers but even so neither team seemed to catch its stride for the first part of the second period Finally Wexford connected Bob capitalized on a fine passing play close in on The Raiders started to Four minutes later Keith Acton made it which is the way the period closed Early in the third frame Doug Counter Tiger captain brought his team back within striking distance on a spec tacular individual effort as he wound up in his own end and led a rush to the Wexford Letting a hard wrist shot go that went wide Counter drove in behind the Raider defence and picked up his own rebound off the boards tucking in behind Brad Kourie Apparently Counters display was not sufficient to spark the lackluster Tigers At the 351 mark Wexford re established a twopoint lead on a goal by Bruce Randal An error by Tiger defen- led to the next Wexford goal as an attempt to clear the puck failed when it hit Paul on the shin pads and dropped at his feet Heintzman was a little slow and suddenly it was and the game was out of To be on the safe side Green Machine added a final insurance marker on a slap shot from the point by Law After the game Tiger coach Jack Ferguson assessed Wexford are op portunists he said they capitalized on their op portunities and we didnt Maybe we dont have as team as we think we have Ferguson mused then quickly added But Im not condemning them Im not accusing ihem of not trying We played well but not well enough We gave them a few goals I would say we played half a period of hockey out there at best We are going to have to play belter than that if we want to win he asserted Lets face it it was pathetic a disaster Ferguson admitted that Wexford played well but at tributed the loss to bad play on the part of the Tigers Doug Counter 3 drops Wexford concentrates on puck got little protection and was not sharp when he needed to be John Cole photos in the Aurora end When opportunities Controversy over flares up AURORA An apparent contradiction between a Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ruling and an On tario Minor Hockey Association recommendalion has caught sporting goods retailers in the middle In fact no real contradiction exists but a recent recom mendation by the that hockey forwards and shield type has caused i amount of contusion Under the CAHA rulings both the shield type and the wire type masks are acceptable and until recently both were sold as approved head gear Now referees are in to remove from the ice any player sporting the wire type mask Paul Berry sporting goods manager of McLean Recreation World in Aurora found himself the middle of the troversy People have been calling up complaining that we have been misrepresenting the wire masks he explained But we sold the wire masks as approved because they are in fact ap proved Rule subsection on page of the CAHA rule book approves any type of face protector provided it is securely fastened to the helmet and is made in such a way as to not cause injury to the wearer or opposing players The ruling further states that such equipment should have no protruding parts to catch sticks and sweaters and the like and that it should be sufficiently strong so as not to break under normal game conditions According to the rules then he wire masks being sold by McLean Recreation World and approved by the A However boys playing hockey in Ontario must abide by the rulings of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association and therefore must wear the kind of face mask recommended by that body According to Vern Mc- Secretary Manager of the OMHA the wire masks represent a danger both to the players who wear them and others on the ice The wire masks are made in such a way that sticks can penetrate them he main tained Also the wire might bend on impact doing damage to the wearer Although Berry insists that the wire mask is the safer and more practical of the two he emphasized his willingness to go along with the OMHA ruling by Were quite willing to exchange the approved mask Tor the unapproved one he stated He argued that in his estimation fogging would be a problem and would render the clear mask unsafe Also he felt that sticks could get caught between the mask and the wearers face more easily with the OMHA recommended mask than with the other According to the manufacturer said Berry the wire mask was presented at the last meeting and approved at that time Clearly however the rules do not specify any particular type of face protector and as McCallum pointed the OMHA is stronger than the for any boys playing hockey in this province