The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

TRIMMER mYImdl Mantle Gives Resignation NET LAW Ha AP Mickey Mantle at loss for words announced bu retirement from baseball Satur day befits mad nears con lettuce at New York Yankeea nprbgtrainh hotel Mike Burke president of the Yates to reporters eran star had reached firm can cluslon and think its best that he tell it to you himself mo Mantle stepped to the ot got to pi has or hall thats all know he said slowly cant lay anymore dont hit the llwheo need to cant steal when need to cant score from mini when need to Mantle said he had talked his ururoon over with Ralph Hark manager of the Yankees lro day night and Burke Saturday morning We decided this Nuld be best for mo and for the chin raid Mantle who for most of his ioyear career was one of the most feared slugger in basc ball Mantle said his outside busi ness interests which include chain of country kitchens and clothing stores also helped him reach decision JOB IS mun Mantle said he had no current plans to remain with the Yan koe organization but alike told me if ever wanted job it was available Mantle said he was disap pointed that he was not life time 300 hitter lie finished at Mantle said his wife was very happy with his decision Shes been asking me to quit for three years Mickey re lated lm planning to get out to the ball park now and then but wont put on uniform Mantle came rip to the You kees 1n Sithe same year an other centre fielder William Mays arrived in New York with the Giants Oklahomas Crowd Supports Canadian Skaters COLORADO SPRINGS Colo CF Canadian skaters headv ed home from the world figure skating championships today their padres empty of medals but their heads held high The huge crowds gave the Ca nadians enthusiastic srpport on the ice and when adverse scores were registered the judges were booed Canadas best showing was two sixthplaco finishes in the creeklong prngam in which an American won the mens sin gles an East German the women singles Russian the pairs and British couple the dance The two sixthplace finishes were the most rmpopular with the crowd Jay Humphrey the Canadian mens champion from Tomato finished an almost flawless freeskating performance to standing ovation but the judges dropped him to sixth placeone spot invrcr than his standing after the figures Tim Woods of Detroit won the event Ondrej Meiela of Czecho slovakia was second and Pal rick Para of France was third David McGiliivray of Sarnia Ont was 10th The crowd roared their disap proval again when Linda Carbo hello of Toronto the Canadian womens champion was placed sixth lo the womens singles won by Gabriele Seyfert of East Germany Misc Csrbonetto is considered one of the mates free skaters lnthe world but an American judgerated her only tenth of point better than Beatrice day event Womens events freshman year wmt nearly as memo is the ones out lowed lie batted lust Sf in games and spent half the 1p the minors it was in the roar Wor rics against Maya and latherecondgemeandhadto be carried off the field on stretcher REPLACED DIMAGGIO But Mantle came back in in replacing Joe DiMaggio who had retired and bailed an with home runs and runs batted in He had nine more 300 seasons including five stralgbtl fmrrr 1554 through 1958 liir row pom sent hm runs soaring record distances and when be powered one off Washingtons Chuck Stobba in 1935 an ambitious press agent measured it at 585 feel not was the start of the tape mew PE 00m run Mantle non the triple crown in 156 batting 363 with 52 iro rircrs and Lin runs batted in He was named the American Leagues Most Valuable Player that season and agoln the next year when he raised his aver nge to 365 lfe also won the MVP award in 1962 In 1961 be staged an exciting battle with teammate lloger Man for the home run crown Maris finished with or that year and Mantle had St the hlgom single season total of his career He finished his career with no home runsthlrd on the all time list behind Babe Itth and Mays He had 1509 runs batted in and 296 career average which was pulled down by 245 and 237 figures in his lost two years hlnntle played in 2401 games as Yankeemore than any man in the clubs history But he never played an entire sea son The closest he came was in 1960 and roar when he missed just one game each ycar Schuba of Austria who finished second in the event Miss Schuba is rated high in figures but not in free skating Snowmobile Speed Record Set In 0rillia ORILLLA CH harry Wood of Peterhorough set an Ontario speed record for snowmobiles Sunday averaging so miles an hour while driving twoeogine machine at weekend rally Wood surpassed the former provincial record of 56 mph set at Oshawa two weeks ago by Gaston Pelletrer of Toronto who finished Sundays run with top speed of 54 over the onequarler mile straightaway Grant Asselsteine of Barrows mith out and Rick Clarke of Port Sydney out were both double winners during the two were vvonby Beverly Asselst eine of Harrnwsmitb Irena Watt of Bradford and Pat Wood of Fetcrborough WIN BADMINTON TITLE CALGARY CF Calgary defeated Tomato four games to one to win the Canadian Open iunior team badminton cham pionships Saturday The compe tition was divided into singles and doubles play among the twomaniteams unwise ms trophy and check golfer Torn Shaw is all millce after winning the Dorel day at Miarnl Fla SMW Open Golf Tournament Si Golf in shot inrnderpar Champisnéhipf Curling ruddy WAWA Out The hackaftbedrllcouldrnakethe in winning his first roe tournament AP Wirephoto Shaw Overcomes Nicklaus To Win Doral Open ourney MIAMI AP The Doral Open produced golfs newest personalityTom Show The Golf 111 native carried his first tour victory Sindoy through combination of game nuns and superb play its defeat ed Jack Nicklaus Anrold Palmer and the other big names lured by the $30000 first prile Shaws talent showed Sunday on the front nine of the parfilz Doral Country Club course when he fired six birdies for sixun dcr par no He showed his cool when he did not let three overvpal on the rorh hole rattle him Show 26 finished with 70 despite 40 on tho back nine for Izdrole total of 276 10 strokes under par over the 702oyard layout Orin stroke back was Tommy Aaron who collected the $11100 second prize Wayne Vollmor of Vancouver won 72625 by shooting not in duding finalround 69 gt The only other Canadian to make the out was Alvie Thomp son of Toronto He finished at 287 and won $856 Dan Sikcs lender alter the first as holes slipped to for the 510650 third prize Nicklaus Snows playing partner tied for fourth at 219 after charging infosccnnd place at the end of 54 holes and Palmer finished in tie for 10th Shavfs sixyear pro career was inlerrupledlu 1566 when he broke his back in an arrtomobile ircelilcnlurt San Francisco 111 $30000 first prize is more than twice his earnings on the tour last year Elmvale Drops first To Midland To ElrMVALE Staff fired rrp Midland teamwhich finished the group in third place and then eliminated the leading Stayv her lions in the semi finals continued their surprising hoclt key play here yesterday to shade Elmvale PhelpsloIIHotel nrensdlnthofirstgameof Georgian Bay intermediate group finals Dorian Edgar was the star for the battling Flyers in en ahlingtliemtokeepupasen sationai pane which has marked their performances since enter ing the playoffs aficr mediocre fiay drains the regular sched Dorian banged three goals past Elmvalea Denny Patterson one in each period while Wayne King and Ken Edgar registered the others for the winners Chuck Jordan assisted Donan on his goal near the halfway mark nfiilelhird period Ken Edgar then netted the winning goal in the dying momentsof the ex citing gem with Alvin Robil fard and Earl Scott asssisng EDWARDS NETS TWO Carl Edwards who is star pli cher for Elmvsles Georgian Bay Rural softball league club led the Etrnvole team with two bril liant counters Paul Markey scored the first Elmvalo goal at the 14 minute mark of the first stanza alter Dorian Edgar reg isicml his firs goal for his Midland hat trick StanRitdiie us Students fight For Ski Crown in MI REVEISiOlGJ 130 CPD TwoUniversity of Utah students battled Sunday for the Canadian SEniDitskh lumping crown in competition that saw the loser outlump the winner Dave Norby who won tour nament of champions competi tlon Saturday impremod judges with better form than Bill Burke his Ogden Utah beam mate and took the title 2121 points to ones Both jumped our feet on their first try off the itsmetre chute but Baake edged his oponent to our on the second jump Third in the competition which was restricted to Cana dian and U5 jumpers was John Molnnes of this communi ty zsomllcs northeast of Van eouvcr with 1963 points on lumps of 264 and 234 feet illitllcli Gilli Spurs 1N hart Cup competition at Squaw Vul ley Saturday8be wasone of out second gate on indie giant slalom course during World five girls who fell on the some gate for Wircphotol and Stu McKenzie also were in volved in the play Edwards first goal came on triple combination play in which Al Smith and Homer Barr rett also had part Cari fin ishing it off with deceptive sidesth which eluded gooler Terry Moore Smith and Barrett also assist ed Edwards for another payoff effort in the hard driving sec ond stanza when each team scored once leaving the score at all by the and of the period BARRETT SCORES Midland showed more endur ance in keenly contested third period Veteran Homer Barrett scored for Elmvale while the two Edgars netted the Midland goals including Kens winner Titre two teams are scheduled to play the second game at Mid land on Tuesday night with tho third slated for Midland on Friday The next two games of the best four out of seven of fair are slated for Eimvale Searcher Dies HALIFAX The seiirch for two children lost last Wednesday in rugged fares on he southwestern outskirts of this city has led to second death search party found the body of nyeanod Stephen Oakley of suburban llarrlctsvllie in the woods Sunday Mr Oakley had been one of nearly thousand volunteer searchers who were looking for rhinoyearold Rhonda Graves whose body was found Friday afternoon rllhondas sboyenrold brother Murray was foundln good con dition by search party about 10 hours after the children be came lost late Wednesday after noon BOOKS SEIZED MONTREAL i0 Morality squad offlcorr seized on the weekend 1211 copies of Frenchdanguagc novel published by Montreal firm after they received complaints that the book was pornographic Copies of the book Le Mal es Anger Angels Sickness published by Edition Part1 Pris were seized in raid on the downtown offices ol lAgenco do distribution popul alrc distributors of the book SPECIES VAMED Ilroro are 55 or more species of pine trees native to North America lite Canadian curling cham pionflrb battloto the last an lrfdoy ahuanhata hi when the favorites Alberta and Saskatchewan meet in the li rlnk mindrobin championship which open today The 1968 champlona skipped by Ron Northern of Calgary have been seeded No while Bob Pickering Saskatchewan rinkir Nouloniheatrengthof experience Prince Edward 15 land is rated third Alberta remained the favorite going into the first round at pan today tinnitea Canada freak cyc lnury to third Dave Geriach Saturday night Gerlach new member of the rink turned his head and d5 left eye uraidburgred by garelie being it man beside him lie was taken to lurspltnl and the eye waa covered with bandage Rumors Sunday were that Northmn was bringing in last years third Jim Shields llut Gerlach after seeing an eye weclallst probably will play The rules state that the Albch farink may bring in player to replace Geriach provided the curler is from the some club Checks To 31 Victory Over Selects EDMONTON CF Coach Jackie lMADd crcdlicd im proved chocklng for Canadas hockey victory over Moscow Selects before 1100 fans Suns day But Canada needed good performance from goaltender Wayne Stephenson to take their second successive game from the selects rated the Soviet sec ondslring team and oven their rccnrd with the Russian clrh The Canadians bad 17 straight to Russia teams eluding nine in succession to the Suvlct firststring team earlier this year before taking 32 de cision in Calgary last Friday in Sundays game fourth of an eightgame series the Cana dians led 10 at the end of the second period after the teams went scoreless in scrambly first period Our checking is far im proved said McLeod in the Canadian dressing room alto the win would have to credit the boys improved checking for our last two wins Terry Gallery with goal and assist Fran lfuck and Steve King were the marksman for the Nationals outshot ion SCORES IOR MOSCOW Sergei Sirclimov got Mosaonrs only goal with seconds re maining in the genre whenhe knocked shot off Cufcrys leg post Stephenson The Canadian nctminder hit in the nose with stick during goalmuufh collision at 531 of the third period made outstand FareWell In Gym ByVPAUL vnNrerN Examiner Sports Correspondent Banting Memorial high school and Central Collegiate both fared well on Saturday when they competed at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic As sociation Grade and 10 Gymn astics championship meet held at York Memorial Collegiate 1n stilute Toronto Allistona grade nine team which scored one points ended up in second place life Suspension Faces Quebec Amateur Player MONlllREAL Quebec Amateur Hodrey Asaolt cfation Sunday slapped the suspension from organized hock ey on Guy Rousseau of St 11 oclnthe Goulois of the Quebec Senior Hockey league Rousseau brother of Bobby Rousseau of Montreal Cana dians of the National Hockey league te am te Pierre Cournoyer and Goulois coach Claude Savory were suspended for their actions during league game against the Ottawavbased national team at St Hyaclrriho Cournoyer no relation to the Conadlens if Cournoyer was suspended for four years Savory was suspended from hockey for iron years ilie suspensions resulted from an altercation which began when referee Jim Kierans of Montreal called lienirliy on Rousseau andlire St Hyacinthn player disputed the call EVADES 159le WEST PALM BEACH Fla AP Warren Giles National League president was evasive Saturday when asked what of feet Donn Cicndenonsenrprise retirement Friday would have on Houstons controversial base ball trada nith Montreal Clendenon was drafted by the Espos in theexpunslon draft then was traded with new Alou the Astrua for ftusty Stoub Thinge have nnryni uorklhg themselves out said tiller at the Expoa trainingI camp KING or SNAKE Tho anaconda lneiru stretch to 31 feet and weigh pounds nro ing saves in the final minutes after taking fiveminute rest Siophcnsons big saves came in the second period whcn he foiled Yevgcnl Zlmin on breakaway and in the third pe riod wltlr teammate Morris hlnit in the penalty box for in lerfcrencc While Matt was off the Rus sians peppered Stephenson but failed to beat him The Russians hold ferrite rial advantage for most of the game but many of their drives were from longrangc To beat the Russian national team we will have to get the breaks and check tennclously The No Russian duh is more experienced than the Selects but their gooltcndlng is about the same sold McLeod Combines Post Sixth Shuioui By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nefmlndcr Cori Plahlof the GnrsonFnlcnnbridge posted his sixth shutout of the season as the Combines clipped North flay Trappcrs 50 to clinch third place in the five team Northern Ontario Hockey Association Junior series Saturday the Trapper were beaten 53 by ieaguclondlng Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds In one other game Sunday the lastplace Espanoin Eagles clipped the Greyhounds as in penaltyfilled game among the iii competing schools 23 points behind champions Central Technical institute of Toronto Barrie Central come seventh lhc AllistonGrade 10 learn managed fourth place 14 points behind the winning host school York Memorial Second and third place finishers were Port Col borne Collegiate and Humber side High School Toronto Bar rie Central captured 14 position The individual championship for Grade hincrs was won by Joe Sopho of Central Tech Tor and has not competed in provrn do play this year lint once the new player throws the first stone he must play the remainder of the tourv namcnt or if Gerlrrch begins play and he is unnbio to contin uc the rink must use three men through the remainder of the competition Norihcott with bernle Sparkes playing second and lrcd Storey load has represent cd hlr province in this charm pionship six times during the last seven ycars die won the Canadian and unrld championship in 1006 and aguin last year 1y But Pickering also is making his second appearancc at the rational playoff and his sccondpz Gnruct Campbell iron the championship in 11153 antlwas in six other Canadian tourna ments The Prince Edward Island rink has been seeded third bclt cause the same curlers with Allan Smlth skipplm finished third last year7 They could rvln it all sold ll bchoine of Charlottetown fhcym about the some cali bre they were last yourhut two bodgomcs by Alberta or Sitsa knlchrnvan could put them right in tho illilk of it TAUGliT EACH MEMBER ichoinc who comes from Smiths hometown says he taught every member of the PEl rink to curl when they were schoolboys The championship gets under way ot pm today with PEI playing New Brunswick Al berta taking on Manitoba New foundland going against Saskat chowan Ontario meeting Brit ish Columbia and Northern On tario meeting Qucbcc Nova Scolin has the bye Skntchowau plays Columbia in the second round pm whilgj Northern OntarioiJ takes an Alberta New Brunon wick goes against Quebec PEl meets Nova Scofin Now foundland plays Manitoba and Ontario has the bye The other provincial winner in this years championship area skipped by Alex Andrews of St Johns Nfid ilap Maybe oLI hfoncton NB Pater Hope of Dartmouth Earl Carson of Bagotvllle Que lien buchon of London Ont Terry Johnson 0M Kcnora representing Northern Ontario hob Iloblnson of WinnlTJ peg and Duke Smale of Prince GcorgeliC his nwh the Canadian Curling Association Sunday awarded the 1910 championship to Winnipeg and the ml playoff to Quebec City onlo Brion Barton of Barri Central placed fourth followed1 by Paul Knregivo of Alliston The Grade 10 individual elrrrrnn plan was Rick Kysmon of Wind sor Thirlpihrco admois frbm all parts of Ontario attended the oneday meet Routines were re quired on the horizontal bar parallel bars vaulting and floor exercises In all 244 competi tors entered Tlre GBSSA gymnastics cham ploikshipswiii be held March 29th at Huron Heights high school in Nonmcrkct