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Saved From Death Kid Could Make Yanks FORT LAUDERDALE Fla AriJoe Pepitooc 21year old rookie whose name sounds like miracle drug owes his big league chance with New York Yankees to true nuracle The impressive looking out fielder and first baseman has been nominated as the young ster with the best chance of making the team Just four years ago the Brooklynborn hopeful was given slim chance to lite classmate brought loaded gun to school and shot Joe in the stomach ilis doctor dlSr paired of iris life declaring only miracle could pull him through He found this rusty gun on the docks and brought it to school We were just finishing our last class in office machines and was getting my coat PULLS TRIGGER This boy stuck the gun in my stomach and barked Haads up was so frightened backed right into the clothes closet The next thing knew he had pulled the trigger The strange thing about it didnt feel thing looked at my stomach and saw hole there was no blood thats all remembered until after the operation Joe was in the hospital 11 days on the critical list The doctor who operated told Joes The kid was one of tltoscrwild mother he didnt think her son ones you read about said Joe could survive the operation Joe Beavers Are Even With The Fronts By TIIE CANADIAN PRESS Kitchener Waterloo Beavers gathered three points in their two weekend Eastern Prolcs sionnl Hockey League games to gain firstplace lie with Kings ton Fronlenacs who won their only till Both clubs have 69 points four more than llullvoltawa Ca nadicns who dealt Sudhury Wolves crushing 7o defeat Beavers started oit strong Sat urday night by swamping Sault Ste Mario 94 Sunday they were held to 22 tie by North Bay Trappcrs Frontenacs snapped three gome losing streak Saturday whonthcy blanked the visiting Trappch 24 The shutout was Ed Chad wicks second of the season Kingston scorers were Pete Pan ngabko and Don Blackburn LATE COMEEACK When Trappers mot Kitchener Sunday they led 21 with little more than five minutes remain lng in the game Rookie Joan Ratelle gave Bcavcrs the tie after teammate Len Ronson had lnotched their first marker mid way through the last frame Scorers for the Trappers were Goerge Gosselin and Barry Ash boo gt Kitchencrs Saturday game against the Sault was wide open Sandy hicGregor paced the win ncrs with three goals Leon Rochetort scored twice and sin gles went to Rod Gilbert Mel Fearsnn Len Ronson and Brian Hextail For fhunderbirds Jim Far lll notched two white Milan Ittarcetta and Merv Kuryluk got the others In Canadians one sided at fair with Sudbury scorers were Keith McCreary with two and Carter Barclay Plager and John Rodger with singles The shutout was Cesare litan iogos second this season Sault juniper Tops lit Midland MIDLAND Ont CPlSeppo Ruhanen 22 yenrold Finnish born house painter from Sault Ste Marie won the Ontario se nior ski jumping championship Sunday Ruhanen posted the longest jump of the day 167 feet and added another of 154 feet for 2113 points Second was another Finn Reino Kauja of Midland who had 2021 points on leaps of 162 and 155 feet Frank Arko of Mid land was third with 1958 points Hts longest jump was 156 feet Class honors want to Bucky 1ftichords of Oshawa with 1717 Terriers Thump lay on the operating table nine hours Before the accident no fewer than 12 major league clubs sought the boys senices foe had been the star outfielder of the high school baseball team After the shooting all the clubs dropped out except the Dodgers Cuba and Yankees Fi nally only the Dodgers and Yan trees were left The Dodgers gave me fine offer and so did the Yankees chose the Yan kees for two reasons First from the very beginning Joe Dining gin had been my idol Second and most important it was my fathers wish that play with thoYankecs pop died about month after my operas lion German Wins Ski lumping ZAKOPANE Poland AP ffelniut Recknagel Eyesrold flat German toolrnakcr won his second straight world ski jumping titlc Sunday as he can tured the loometrc Krokiow hill event in windup to the nordic championships Recknagcl soared to victory on leaps of 101 and 985 metres for 24L points Nikolai Kamonski 29 year old Russian designer from Mos cow was second with 2284 points after two best jumps of 97 metres each The bronze medal for third place was awarded to Peter Les ser of East Germany but two hours later the officials decided the position should have gone to Niilo lialonen of Finland By that time Lesser and his cum mates were cn route home The organizcrs of the games lndicated thc chaan was made after the figures were re chcckcd Ilaloncn had 2M5 points as Lesser dropped to fifth with 2233 Fourth place was awarded to Norways 7t mctre champion Toralf Engan Frank Gartrcll of Fort Wil liam 0nt finished 50th after completing jumps of 84 and 525 metres for total of 1313 points Albertans 140 EDMONTON CWGait Ter riers humiliated the University of Alberta Golden Bears 140 in an exhibition hockey game Sat urday night Gait is Canadas representa tive at the world hockey cham pionships in Colorado Springs Colo next month The Golden Bears lead the Western Intervg collegiate League The victory brought tclriers record on their tour of Western Canada to four wins three losses and tie Bob Brown and Don Rope each scored three goals Joe Mala Bub McKnight and Tod Sloan got two apiece and Bob ltiadcr and Jackie McLeod Terry Harper Fred Hilts Billy notched one apiece FLY TCA TORONTO to NEW YORK for business for pleasure Another Canadian Kaare Leir of Revelstoke 130 was 55th with jumps at 345 and 80 met res for 17 BAYCITY UPHOLSTERING NTIQUE AND MODERN lcnutiful Samples ree Estimates FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY PHONE PA 8743 BARRIE Upholstcring to Our BusinessNot Just Sideline 65 Bradford St Bisons Cool 0n Weekend Buffalo Bisons for two weeks the hottest turn in the Amen can Hockey League were thor oughly cooled off over the week end but didnt lose an inch of ground In the Western Division chase The Bisons had their eight game winning streak halted 32 by Pittsburgh Hornets Saturday and logame home winning string was clipped 53 by Her shey Bears Sunday night But the Bisons retained their fivepoint lead as their chullcn gcrs Cleveland and Rochester lost their games The Barons fell before Hershey +2 Satur day and the Americans lost to Quebec Aces 44 in overtime Sunday night Providence Reds put together big last period comebackfor 74 triumph over Pittsburgh in Sunday nights other game Springfield Indians beat Quebec t2 Saturday biuoline shot by Refit Grigg at 117 of the overtime was the winner for the Aces The second goal by Guy Rous seau with only 22 seconds left tied it 33 and forced the extra session Jim Pappin Gerry Ehman and Wally Boyer got Rochesters goals while Jim Morrison got the other for Quebec SCORE IN FINALE The Bears retained their four point hold on second in the cast with their comeback otar Buf fulo They scored three times in the final period with Al John sons goal with 224 left was the winner Ctoland Morison scored into an open not with 47 seconds Ifec Lalande ilfike Mahoney and Pete Conachcr scored the early goals for Hershey Art Strutton Billy Don and Brian Cullen scored for Buffalo Providence trailing 32 come up with livegoal effort it thc WEATHEltCONTROIIE assure unfailing oil supply We calculate your vote of use and carefully check It agolnit doytoday temperatures We know when you used oil and make deliveries automatically You never have to worry about your fuel oil supply Sll 60gt £255 HEATING oll ysociation said the 16 skaters Canada Skate Group Make Strong Squad TORONTO CIDCanada will field its strongestever team at the world figure skating cham oionships in Prague next month an official said Saturday night at the close of the Canadian championships Nigel Stephens president of the Canadian Figure Skating As who will wear Canadas colors March 1419 make up fthe strongest team weve ever had All but two of the 16 come from Ontario and Ontario skat ers also made clean sweep of the 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