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Niagara Falls Battles To Knot Junior Series By THE CANADIAN PRESS Niagara Falls Flyers who fought like tigers to get into the playoffs of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior series are refusing to fall down and ply dead now that the payoff games are at hand The Flych went lnh the semifinals against the tchh Montreal Canadiens who nor mally are murder once rry get the lead But the FLch bounced back twice Tuesday night from twogoal dcficiu and won 54 when redhaired Terry Crisp fired the winner before 3400 screaming Falls fans The same combinatior that clicked in crucial preolaycif game with Guelph Royals Crisp from Jean Paul Parise dead locked the bestofseven series 11 At St Cnthurines the Teepees lived up to predictions that the semifinals were ripe for an up set fhey hattlcd Hamilton Red Wings to 83 tie leaving the Wings ahead in games with one tic Fifthgames are in Hamilton Thursday and Montreal Friday CATCH UP FAST The Canadians took 70 tcad in 27 minutes of the first pe riod but the Fiyers wiped that out in 18 seconds They were trailing going into the final period We goals by Gary Harmer up from junior anks ate in the season and singles by Wayne llfaxnor and Ron Rer gott preceded Crisps goal Montreal scorers were Bill log is with two Yvan Cournoycr and Rejean Richcr Kit was all Niagara Falls in the third period when the Fly ers bad 164 margin in shots on goal Only six minutes were left in the game when Manner fired the equalizer and Crisp wrapped it up with 15foot sis zler that hugged the ice all the way after passnut from Parise The Wings who finished sec ond to Montreal in the league standing were behind threoi times at St Catharines before crowd of 2903 just 150 under capacity Rookie Jim Peters son and namesake of former National Leaguer gave Hamilton thr tie early In the third period when he picked up the puck behind the net and swerved around to beat Roger Croxlcr from close range Pit Martin and Roger La frenlere scored earlier For St Catharines it was John Bren neman Phil Esposito and Bill Ives CroLier was the busier goalie handling 38 saves to 21 for Buddy Blom of Hamilton Ham ilton drew six of the to minor penalties while Jim Sanka of SL Cntharines and Paul llenderson cf the Wings drew majors in the second period for fabric tight In the OHAJletro Junior league Brampton upset Morl horos 107 while st Michaels College Majors defeated Whitby 63 fhe Majors and Marlboro now lead the hestofseven semi finals 31 Blair Gets Vote From His Players By THE CANADIAN PRESS Terribletempered Wren Blair is thorn in the side of Eastern Professional Hockey League off tlcials who insist on measure or decorum on the part of those in positions of responsibility llis players however think hes great guy Thus Kingston Frontcnucs held private huddle Tuesday and llilV communicated to the press by way of spokesman anonymnus since the rules are ticklish about such things that these decisions had been made Blair manager and coach had the confidence of the team He should post the $250 good behavior bond requested by league president John Urie of Ottawa after his latest outburst of spleen in Ottawa Sunday Blair went into salt after penalties to Pete Pana gabko and Harry Sinden smashed every hockey stick he could lay his hands on and got thumhed out of the gamehis fourth this year That if he flips his lld again the players will pass the hat and pay the hond That the league president to quote the anonymous spokes man was childis in asking for the bond which put Blair at disadvantage to the other coaches that referee Bruce Sims was guilty 01 had calls Sunday and every time we play in we get raw deal from the officials Blair declined the ployero of HOCKEY RECORD By THE CANADIAN PRESS World Hockey APts GROUP Sweden Canada United States Norway Germany Britain Switzerland Finland 26 11 15 32 34 as 400 310 310 31027 caem GROU 10 13 Austria Japan France Netherlands 16 20 Denmark 16 Australia 49 Tuesdays Results Sweden Canada United States it West Germany Austria 12 The elherlands France 13 Australia Wednesdays Games Group Canada vs Norway Finland vs Switzerland United States vs Britain Group Japan vs Austria niouvaiuaii as so ea our ca Eastern Professional Pt HullOttawa 32 19 11 202 155 75 Kitchener 33 22 ii 239 193 74 Kingston 34 22 233 194 13 Sudhury 25 29 ii 201 242 58 North Bay 20 33 161 193 49 Marie 17 35 185 245 43 Thursdays Game HullOttawa at Sault Ste Marie American League Eastern Division Pt 40 21 268 176 32 32 25 203 190 69 29 31 135 179 62 30 32 221 246 62 Western Division 35 26 222719272 34 24 214 178 71 Rochester 30 23 219 212 66 Pittsburgh 952 215231920 Tonights Games Cleveland at Hershey Buffalo at Providence Western League San Francisco Vancouver Spokane Calgary Northern Ontario Senior Abitibi RouyriNoranda ftouynNomnda wins beabof seven semifinal +2 Ontario Junior Montreal Niagara Falls LBostofsevan semifinal tied 27 Hamilton St Catliurfnes Hamilton leads hostofseven semifinal 24 one game tied Springfield Hershey Quebec Providence Buffalo Cleveland fer to pay his band and said he would fork it over today him self But Urie might as well put the money in the bank right now because knowing my tem perament if similar situation occurs the money is as good as gone While rules of conduct were being debated intramurally the Fronts Were being dropped to third place in the league stand ings as HullOttawa Canndlens tied the Beavers 22 at Kit chcncr The Hobs now have 75 points the Beavers 74 and tho Fronts 73 Kitchener has played 63 games HullOttawa 62 and the Fronts 61 At North Bay the hoppers saw their playoff hopes fade still further as they dropped before 2000 fans They now trail the Wolves by nine points with eight games remaining for each team Jackson Second In Early Figures PRAGUE CPAAPKaral Di vin of Czechoslovakia held narrow early lead over cana verdict to Sudbury Wolves Stamps Seals Win Will Games By THE CANADIAN PRESS Calgary Stampeders and San Francisco Seals used the same pattern to scare victories in Western Hockey League games Tuesday night Calgary scored four times in the final period to down Spokane Comets 75 while San Francisco came up with three thirdperiod goals to trim Vancouver Can ucks 4A2 Archie Scott paced Calgary to its win by scoring two goals in eluding the winner Rock Crawford John Kosinn cic Norm Johnson Fred Hucul and Doug Barkley scored the other Calgary goals Max Mekilik Gerry Biisson Jim Holdawoy Del Topoll and Steve Witiuk scored for the Comets dian favorite lion Jackson today after the first of six compulsory figuresfirst event of tie 1962 world figure skating champion ships Divin scored 1692 points for his slim advantage over Jack son the Canadian champion from Oshawa 0nt who had 1668 Alain Calmat of France was third with 1572 and Donald hic Phersnn 17 year old high school student from Stratford Ont was fourth with 1524 Divin runnerup in the 1990 Olympics when Jackson placed third received six first place votes from the ninejudge panel for the figure right forward outsido counter Jackson had the other three Four of the figures will he skated today with the final two schedttled Thursday morning The four day championships wtnd up Saturday Jackson 20yearoid veteran of international competition is rated one of the worlds best free skaters but is weaker in the compulsory figures World Hockeyists Must Be Amateurs of Can Before September COLORADO SPRINGS Cola AP The International Ice Hockey Federation clamped down nicsday on Canadas pro fessional ice hockey players seeking to play in world ama teur tournaments After next years tourna ment any player who was in professional hockey after Sept ofany year will not be per mitted to play in the following years tournament said Robert LeBel of Montreal tit1F presi dent The question of reinstated amateurs has been thoriy problem for the Iiil1 Tod Sloan former star of Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League was reinstated last Dec 30 one day before the deadline Well still have the Dec 31 deadline for next years tourna ment in StockholmLeBel said the change will come after that thinkthis is one of the most constructive things weve done Tom Lockbart president at the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States said think this iii the first move towards eliminating former professionals altogether The European aa trons have been pushing it it may come off in four or five years In addition to Sloan the Ca nadians have several other for mer pros including Bob Robert son Jockie McLeod and Bill Wylie Reinstated amateurs are pep mitted to play in all world hockey tournaments except dur ing the Olympic Games 00 USED CARS AND TRUCKS bird Vss or new improved six the bankGo in Calorie style The Itm DARRE EXAMINER WEDNESDAY MARCH ll 1961 Wings Vs Blues In Crucial Test This Evening By LAURENT CHIASSDN Canadian Press Staff Writer Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers meet in New York tonight and the outcome of the game could go long way toward determining which team gets the last Stanley Cup playoff berth itll be the final meeting of the season between the two clubs now tiedfor tourth place in the National Hockey League standings After tonight Detroit will have five more games to play and New York only four We need win says fresh man playercoach Doug Harvey of the Rangers til wont be good enough The Rangers have not made the playoffs since the spring of 1558 Elsewhere tonight the leagues top two clubsMont rcul Canadiens and Toronto hippie Leafsclash in Toronto CLOSE TO TITLE The Canadiens have seven point lead atop the standings and need combination of just three more wins or Tomato de feats to wrap up is fifth straight league title Hangers big test will be in stopping Gordie lloue the fabu lous Detroit right winger who is seeking his 500th regularseason goal Only retired llfaurico Rocket Richard of Canadiens has more goals 544 lfuwe has been blnnkcd in his last three outings but has scored eight of his to goals this season against Hangers Both Rangers and Wings are reported in good shape for their showdown battle The Red Wings hold an edge over Rangers in the clubs 11 meetings this season In six earlier games at New York Vings won three first two and tied one ln seven games at De ttoit Vings won three lost two and tied two Canadiens and Maple Leafs both are hurting for their game The Hobitants learned Tues Salute500 Tudor Holmanline of Ford adas line can built In Canada Ciipriinsiioosou TROPHY iir MIDLAND Walter Craig skipped Bar rle rink to the Hudson Trophy championship at the Canadian day theyll have to do without winger Don Marshall who ag gravated groin injury last weekend Marshall who has scored 17 goals including seven game winnersthis season was ad vised by lllontrenl Forum phys iotherapist Bill Head to rest for several days NO 51135 PLANNED The Canadiens also are with out ceutre Henri Richard out for the balance of the season and the playoffs with broken right arm hut coach Toe Blake saidthe tcam doesnt plan to call upony reinforcements The Leafs have three regulars on the sidelines The most seriously injured Leaf is veteran left winger Bert Olmstcad He suffered cracked shoulder at Chicago Sunday night and is feared lost for at least three weeks The other injured Leafs are goalie Johnny Bower with Steamship Lines annual boo sDIEl at Midland last week Members of the rink includEd bruised thumb and winger Ed die Shack Shack with bruised left knee skated Tuesday and may be able to play tonight The Leafs who have just about clinched second place go into the game with an eight gume unbeaten streak seven wins and one tic Douglas Paces lndians Win QUEBEC CPiKent Douglas scored once and assisted on three other goals to lead Spring field indians to 44 American Hockey League victory over Quebec Aces niesday night The loss left the Aces tied with Providence for the last playoff spot Each team has six games to play Jimmy Anderson Billy Mc Creary and Brian Kilrea scored the other Springfield goals from left Howard Chantler Emerson Webb Craig and Homettes Win Boynton Trophy Alliston Hornettes won the Ed Boynton Trophy last night cm blemntic of Allistan and Dis trict Girls Hockey League sult premacy Hornettes thumped Bradford 82 sweeping the series in straight games Score of the first game was 50 for Alliston Carolyn Fowler Lynda LudA low and Evelyn Thompson scor ed two goals npicce for Alliston Michelle Morrow and Barbara Drury had singles Lynda Nesbitt and Carolyn Vnrtman scored for Bradford This evening on Channel Paul and Marjorie hchelvey along with young Homettcs Star Geraldine Dnigle will be interviewed during the second and third periods of the NHL hockey game in Toronto Film will also be shown of the recent allOntario girls hockey tournament Charles Hurtlhese Examh er Photo To Crack Down On Highsiicking COLORADO SPRINGS Colo AHReferees at the world hoekcy championships been told to chack down on play ers who carry their sticks high Kurt Hauscr Swiss chief of the refereeng staff 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