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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, October 10, 1962 puffs on cigar in Yankee dressing-room before game had to be cancelled due to inclement weather. The fifth '| RAIN, RAIN--GO AWAY, iNew York Yankees' skipper, MRalph Houk, talks discon- 'tentedly with newsmen as he Silver Lining In Dark Clouds For Bronx Bombers? i i i H " By JOE REICHLER \kees remained a 7-5 favorite to '| NEW YORK (AP -- Ralph|win today and 8-3 favorites to} 'Houk and Alvin Dark say the/capture the series. '94-hour delay in the World Se-| The weather forecast was not es won't help either teamjoptimistic. The prediction was hen the series resumes today/for drizzle,and fog during the 'with the fifth game. night and mostly cloudy '| But the baseball experts aren't|throughout the day. jall inclined to go along with the| The big change may come in 'Yankee Believes Day Off Can Help By BOBBY RICHARDSON NEW YORK (AP)--I think the day off due to rain will help the Yankees more than the Giants. A day of rest always seems to benefit the team that has lost its previous game. It worked that way for us a number of times this season with our pitching staff short- handed, It worked that way last weekend, After Jack Sanford beat us to even the series at one am each w flew from San Francisco and had the next day off. The day after that, Bill Stafford put us back in the lead. Today we feel confident Ralph Terry will win his first World Series game to give us a third victory. If we win today then we only have to play .500 ball in San Francisco to win the series. Tuesday's postponement means that Stafford, with his injured left shin, will have four days rest instead of three be- tween starts. It should also ben- If Friday's sixth game in Candlestick Park becomes a must game for us I wouldn't be surprised to see Whitey in there pitching. He worked only six in- nings Monday and he proved two years ago that he could pitch with only two days' rest. The extra day will help the rest of our walking wounded, Moose Skowron jammed his thumb taking a hook slide beat- ing out a hit on Monday. Yogi Berra has had a bad right index finger for a month. Clete Boyer hurt a finger on his glove hand in practice in Candlestick the day before the series began, and Ellie Howard is carrying tape on his right wrist. I think the series will go seven games. The teams are evenly matched. The Giants hav good starting pitchers and a strong bullpen. They also have power even though our pitchers have been getting some of their big men out, like Orlando Cepeda and Harvey Kuenn. Our power efit Whitey Ford. has yet to assert itself. By HARVEY KUENN NEW YORK (AP)--Just as much power, not as much pitch- ing. That, I tthink, is a fair com- parison between this year's New York Yankees and some of their other clubs I played against when I was in the American League. Let's start with hitting. This year's club has a lot of the same players as other Yankee teams -- Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Bill Skowron, Elston Howard and Bobby Richardson to name some of them. Yogi has slipped some in the last couple of years, but is still a threat. Mantle's a real steady ball player. A great player. You can say the same thing about Roger Maris, who came to the Yan- kees just before I went to the National League. Either one can beat you with a big hit and their speed is underestimated as an offensive weapon. Although I think their power is equal to former Yankee clubs, I think they had more over-all power in the past. because of their strong bench. Guys like Hank Bauer, Johnny Mize, Enos | game in the fall classic, tied at. two wins each, is sched- uled for today. --AP Wirephoto hitter in the sixth inning with) the score tied 2-2. "While I don't see where the delay would give either team an advantage," said Houk, "'it- does give me a chance to go two Field, Bat Strong 14-INNING THRILLER, MacLean's Esso drew first blood in the Oshawa City and District Softball Association's 1962 "'City Championship" finals, last night at Alexandra Park, when they nosed out Heffering's Imperials 2-1 in a nip-and-tuck 14-inning tussle, longest softball battle of the local season. LEFT-HANDED DUEL A couple of left-handers hook- ed up in this pitcher's battle, Mel Meulemeester, an orthodox chucker, for MacLean's and Reg Hickey, a sling-shot pitcher, for Heffering's. When it was all over, the statistics revealed an interesting comparison: Each pitcher allowed six hits. Meulemeester had a great total of 23 strikeout victims but he also issued six walks. Hickey fanned eight batters and -he didn't give ut a single "free ticket". The key factor was errors -- MacLean's had three and Hef- fering's had two, Each pitcher had one of his team's errors and, as it subsequently worked No Mound Depth "== Slaughter and Bob Cerv always could come out and beat you with one swing. They just don't seem to have as strong a bench anymore. LACK PITCHING DEPTH Defensively, this club is the equal of any other I saw. Tony Kubek is a fine shortstop, Clete Boyer is one of the surest field- ers around and Bobby Richard- son moves smartly all the time. Then we come to the pitching. They still have Whitey Ford, and Ralph Terry has come along, becoming more of a pitcher than a_ thrower. Bill Stafford did a fine job against us, But their second-liners are not as strong and they don't have a reliable fourth starter. Ford's as good as they come. He has real fine control and can hit the spots, not only with his fast ball, but more important with his breaking stuff. But, all in all, I think the Yankee start- ers in the past had the edge. This year's bullpen isn't as strong even though Marshall Bridges has been impressive. out -- if Meulemeester hadn't never have gone into extra in- nings and if Hickey hadn't mis- cued, they might still be play- ing. Each of the pitcher's errors meant a run -- the all-important difference was that Hickey's istake helped MacLean's score the winning run in the 14th in- ning. ; * In the first inning, Dave Wel- don was safe on Cole' error, he was forced by "Squib" Elliott, who moved to second on Kelly's single but O'Connor rounded, ending the inning. Gary Copeland singled in the third for MacLean's and they got their first run, first of the game, in the fourth when Kelly hit safely, advanced on an in- field out and scored on Mike 'Lutak's single. Backed up by airtight support, Hickey was perfect for the next nine innings -- a full game, MacLean's going down in order 1-2-3 every time, from the 5th to the 14th. WINNING RUN | In the 14th inning, Meulemees. ter was: the first batter and he Player's Pool Third Largest In 59 Years NEW YORK (AP) -- The} player pool for the 1962 World Series amounted to $863,281.71, | third largest in the span of 59 series. It was topped only by the $893,301.40 of the 1959 Chicago- Los Angeles series and the $881.- 763.72 of the 1954 Cleveland-New York Giants series. Players share in receipts for only the first four games. Of the total player pool, 70 per cent goes to the two series teams and the other 30 per cent) is divided among clubs finishing) second, third and fourth in the regular National and American League races. | The 70 per cent to the seriées| players totalled $604,297.20,| Sixty per.cent of this will go) to the series winner and 40 per| cent to the loser. | | | | | Luis Arroyo has been handi- capped by a sore arm. ways for the sixth game Fri- day." "Before I would have used| Leafs Visit Hawks | 'rival managers--Houk of New 'York and Dark of San Francisco even though Tuesday's rain Weft the teams all square at two games apiece in the best-of- the sixth game, scheduled to be|Stafford. Now I can start either) played Friday in San Francisco|Ford or Stafford. I won't decide| after a day off for travel. Underjuntil we arrive in San Fran- the original pitching rotation,|cisco." the sixth game starters were to Beven series. be righ-hander. Bill Stafford for *- The belief here is that the|the Yankees and left-hander 'rain-out will be more helpful to|Billy Pierce for the Giants. ethe Yankees than to the Giants,| Dark still plans to pitch jaithough neither manager|pierce, who dropped a 3-2 deci- yPlahned to make a lineup or alsion to Stafford in the third 'pitching change. _ _ game last Sunday. > The same right-handed pitch-| But Houk most likely will bers who were to face each other|switch from Stafford to Whitey )Tuesday were ready to hook up|Ford, the southpaw who was foday--Ralph Tervy for the Yan-|slated to work the seventh game kees and Jack Sanford for the|if one was necessary. Ford won Giants. the opener, 6-2, and was not ,ODDS FAVOR YANKS charged with a decision. in the * The delay also caused no| Yankees' 7-3 defeat in the fourth fehange in the odds. The Yan-'game. Whitey left for a pinch SPORTS MENU By Geo. H. Campbell . SPORTS EDITOR "Lverything From Soup To Nuts' | _. THE 1962 SEASON will go down in Oshawa's softhall his- tory as one of the best of all time, if not the best, certainly the best-balanced. Back in 1954, three All-Ontario softball championships were won by Oshawa teams. A few years pre- viously, there were two in the same season. This year, it's two again, plus having four other teams reach either the Southern finals, or All-Ontario bracket. Congratulations are in order for Oshawa Pic-O-Mats, 1962 Inter. "AA" champions. They won the title in clean-cut fashion with two-straight wins on Saturday over the "Soo". And even more hearty con- gratulations to the Genosha Aces, who won the provincial Juvenile "A" title. They had a stern chore -- besides travel- ling to Timmins, and losing the first game, a three-hitter which they 'should' 'have won under normal circumstances --they were trailing 7-0 in the 6th inning of the second game, wére down a run going into the9th -- and they won it. Then they won the 3rd game, with a home-run blow in the 9th in- ning. Oshawa Tony's, MacLean's Esso, Sunnyside Pee-Wees and Heffering's Senior "'B" tea all made great bids. Here on Sunday MacLean's lost twice to Elliot Lake, with the North- erp champions producing a pitcher as good or better than many pitching in Senior ranks. They nick-name Gerry Gel- inas "The Hawk" up at Elliot Lake, They could call him "Stingy'"' --.he gave up only five hits in the doubleheader and he yielded only one hit in the first eight innings of each game, and walked only one in each game. £. ¥ s08 LAST NIGHT at Alexandra Park, the finals of the "City Championship" got under way and the opener resulted in a sensational 14-inning battle, with MacLean's beating out Hef- fering's in that frame, 2-1. Second game of this local classic will go tomorrow evening, at 7.30 o'clock. . . . TONIGHT, at Kew Gardens, Oshawa Tony's open the Beaches League finals against Eddie Black's. . . . CONNAUGHT PARK won the Atom Boys' softball title last night, defeating North Osh- awa in the deciding game of the finals, . . . MONDAY saw the UAW Softball League wind up their 1962 championship set and it was an upset. Plaza Foods, who were within one "out" of losing the series, in the second game, to Ward's Billiards, over a week ago, came up with a one-sided triumph on Mon- day morning to even the round and then won the third game in the afternoon, to claim the title... . LOCAL BALL will be over this week, just keeping time with the World Series. . . OSHAWA GENERALS launch the hockey season tonight, witht their first workout at the Children's Arena at 5.30 o'clock-- and they'll be going nightly at that time, for a couple of weeks, It's been nine years--plus 25 days--since local hockey fans lost their "Generals" in that fire disaster, the morning after the very first workout that was to have launched the 1953-54 season. The name wil! all be new -- team name still has magic around these parts and a lot of yesteryear fans etill have enthusiasm |! Dark said he would have "a For NHL ferred to play Tuesday but he} felt certain the postponement) would have no effect whatscever} on either team, ; | "I had planned to pitch San-| ford in the fifth, Pierce in the| sixth and come back with San- ford for the seventh game," he said. 'The rotation is stil the same, except that now I may use either Sanford or Billy O'Dell in the seventh game." By BILL MacDOUGALL Canadian Press Staff Writer There will be dollar signs in the back of the fans' minds to- night as Toronto Maple Leafs jand Chicago Black Hawks open the National season, On display will be the million- dollar line, undisputed property jof the Hawks and a million-dol- | j lar player, still property of Tor- onto despite Chicago arguments STANDEES PROV Ito the contrary. PURGE SURES sonra Ss frei pcos orn foggeReke Rte jlast season when Toronto beat only section in deep leftfield oe CAIWASO F0r: We: ranlhy at Yankee Stadium occupied The other teams open Thurs. precious front row space for da ynight with Detroit Red four hours Tuesday before | Wings "i New York Rangers | the fifth game was post- ; : !and Montreal Canadiens at Bos- poned because of rain and \ton Bruins. wet grounds, ins Most said they'll be back | Pre-season publicity zoomed today. " to a high last weekend when "Pye just got -time to |Jim Norris, multi - millionaire make the last race at Bel- | Co-owner of the Hawks, tried to mont," said one, heading for |buy Toronto left-winger Frank Mahovlich for $1,000,000. The Hockey League} The curtain-raiser will be aj Opener Mahovlich last season had 33 goals "and the season before scored 48. It appears the biggest battle is going to be for the fourth and last playoff spot. New York made it last sea- son, but both Detroit and Bos- ton figure things will be better for them this season. Of the other three clubs, Mont- real is given the edge to win first place for the sixth year in a row with Toronto and Chicago fighting it out for second spot. NHL President Clarence Campbell says the league has "enough momentum to ensure a really good season" and he's | optimistic about the box-office | situation. | Changes among the players are mostly minor, but there are |}a couple of alterations in title |for the men who stand behind the bench. Muzz Patrick of New York and Sid Abel of Detroit, who last year held down the jobs of general manager and coach respectively on_ their clubs, this year will combine both jobs. They join Punch Im- lach of Toronto Maple Leafs in the dual role. Patrick takes over the coach- ing job from Doug Harvey, who last season combined the roles of player and coach and this season will concentrate on his job as a defenceman. A contract reported to be close to $30,000 teased him. into returning to New York after he quit last season. By ALAN CLINE KAWANA, Japan (AP)--U.S. amateur golfers survived. a the race track which oper- : deal has apparently died. | cours: bot naut centre Norm Stoneburgh |Eastern Football Conference's| |kick which led to Tiger-Cats' pack of putting troubles today and seized a slim lead over Can- ada in the third world amateur ates rain or shine. HAS HULL LINE { . He would have had Mahovlich CCl ent |to go along with his million-dol- liar i Bobby Hull, Murray R s s |Balfour and Red Hay. Hull, of eason ulven e, is better known than h his linemates--and prob- F 5 d jably worth twice as much, Last or a naps Prete he became the third player in NHL history to score TORONTO (CP)--An eye spe \50 goals in a season, cialist has told Toronto Argo- that damage caused when he| was hit in the eye by a' golf| ball probably accounts for his| difficulty in providing accurate| punt snaps for Dave Mann. | | Stoneburgh, four times the jall-star centre, recently has| been snapping low or high; par- ticularly in night games. Against Hamilton Tiger-Cats last Saturday, one bad snap re- sulted in a partially - eras' |lone touchdown. Argos won the|team championship of golf. jgame 10-9, ~ | Canada's Gary Cowan took in- | "I decided then I'd have the |dividual honors for the opening |doctors: check it," Stoneburgh|round of the 72-hole competition |said Tuesday night. | with a two-under-par 6° over the "We don't have any more|Pacific - rimmed Fuji course. |night games, so maybe it won't|But three United States golfers, | Team jonly the three lowest scores are counted each day. The fourth member of the U.S. team, Billy Joe Patton, had a 74 today and his score didn't figure in the team total. Cowan posted nines of 33-35 in his brilliant round, He was joined by Nick Weslock at 71 and Bill Wakeham at 76 to give ete a second-place total of be so bad. The doctors told me|Dick Sikes, Deane B and lit might be possible to make. a|Labron Harris, Jr., put together contact lens that would help me|the best team score, 212, three | compensate." jstrokes better than the Cana- | Meanwhile, Argonauts appear|dian side. New Zealand was \to be in good physical shape as| third with 218, they prepare to meet Montreal| Siks, a 22-year-old Univer. Alouettes here Sunday in a bat-|sity of Arkansas physical edu- tle for third place. At the mc.(cation. student who twice has ment the two teams are tied/ won the U.S, public links title, for the third and last. playoff shot 33-36--69 over the difficult position. |6,587-yard, | hay so Bethesda, Md on oe . | Beman, a Bethesda, i, in: MONTREAL (CP) The re.| surance broker who was 1960 cent decision of St. Lambert, on|U:°" Pyeng champion, had a the south shore of the St. Law-|fr's wp again the current rence River, to fluoridate \U.8. amateur champion from Its} S4j " |water supply brought to 14 the Stillwater, Okla., had a 72 jnumber of communities with\COUNT THREE LOWEST fluoridation in the greater Mont; In the team competition for real area. The communities em-jthe Eisenhower Trophy, four brace a population of 163,000. 'imen represent each nation but par 35-35--70 Fuji FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS| San Antonio, Tex. -- Oscar German, 112%, San Antonio, outpointed Chapparro de Leon, 1111, Mexico, 10. Reading, Pa,-- Ernie Knox, 175, Baltimore, stopped Jim Robinson, 177, Philadelphia, 9. San Jose, Salif.--Al Medrano, 140, Sacramento, Calif., out- pointed Eddie Chavez, 139, San ose, 8 Sacramento, Calif. -- Frankie Duarte, 124, Sacramento, out- pointed Trino Savala, 122, Sac- The winners will split $362,- 578.32 and the losers $241,718.88 Baseball rules do not permit the clubs to announce how many) after the series. On the basis of 30 shares for each club, each winner would get about $12,000° and each loser about $8,000. SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY | | | | | | | | SOCCER Howard Travel Tournament-- (Semi - Finals) Peterborough UEW vs Oshawa Ukrainia, at Kinsmen Civic Memorial Stadi- um, 8.00 p.m. FOOTBALL Oshawa Secondary Schools Junior League -- Central vs Mc- Laughlin, at Central Campus, 4.00 p.m. SOFTBALL Beaches Major _ Fastball League (Championship Finals) -- Oshawa Tony's vs Eddie Black's, at Kew Gardens, 8.00 p.m.; 1st game of series. THURSDAY OFTBALL Oshawa City and District Assoc. -- (City Championship Finals) -- Heffering's Imperials vs MacLean's Esso, at Alexan- dra Park, 7.30 p.m.; 2nd game of 2-out-of-3 series. FOOTBALL } Lakeshore COSSA Senior 8 |shares they have voted until|/League -- Whitby Henry at Whitby Anderson, 3.15 p.m. and Bowmanville at Clarke,. 3.30 p.m. MP TALKS ABOUT THE 'BIG M' DEAL OTTAWA (CP)--The hockey | controversy surrounding Chi- cago Black Hawks' reported offer of $1,000,000 for Frank Mahovlich of Toronto Maple Leafs was injected into the Commons record Tuesday by a Toronto MP. With a straight face, Paul Hellyer, Toronto Trinity, asked Justice Minister Flem- ing: 'It is not a fact that the sale of Frank Mahovlich to the Chicago Black Hawks at any price would constitute a violation of the Canadian Bill of Rights?" There was general laughter, but no reply, Opposition Leader Pearson commented: "It would help the exchange problem." 'Thumbs Down' Match Race Bid PARIS (AP)--Mrs. Cino Del Duca, owner of Soltikoff, turned thumbs down Tuesday on a five- horse match race proposed by Jack Price, owner-trainer of Carry Back, Price proposed the match race because he thought Carry Back, the 1961 Kentucky Derby winner, could and should have done much better than tenth in |the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Canada Amateurs Trail US. --Europe's richest race -- on Sunday. ; Price blamed a bad ride by Scobie Breasley, England's leading jockey the past two years, for the failure. "There is no question of me taking up the challenge," Mme. Del Duca said. Soltikoff won the Prix de |'Arc de Triomphe. It was the second victory in Soltikoff's racing ca- reer and he returned 40-1. _Owners of the other horses finishing in the first four places have not yet answered Price's challenge. Impatience Causes Low. 133 Average NEW YORK (AP)-- Mickey Mantle glumly sur- veyed his .133 World Series batting average today and decided he was too eager to hit his first home' run. Going into the fifth game of the series against San Francisco Giants, the New York Yankee centrefielder and team leader has col- lected a paltry two hits in 15 times at bat and not an RBI. But he's not hitting the panic button and neither is Yank manager, Ralph Houk, "IT guess,' said Mantle, "my trouble is that I am too anxious to hit my first home run, know I have struck out three times when ramento, 10. T should have walked," Connaught's Atoms Win Championship Connaught Park boys cap- tured the 1962 Neighborhood Association Atom Softball |League championship last inight when they defeated North Oshawa lads 18-2, in the de- ciding game of the finals. North Oshawa won the toss for "home game" and Con naught started right out with a 'five-run rally as Cook had trouble with control, walk'ng two of the first three batters, then Dyle doubled and G. Maid- low singled. Aldred walked and Farncombe doubled, then Tre- sise walked, so did B. Maid- low and Braiden, to force in Farncombe with the fifth run of jthe rally. The pattern had been set and Connaught splurged for seven more runs in the second in- ning, one in the third and five in order in the fifth and the game was called at the end of chat inning, due to darkness. Connaught shut off North Osh- awa in the first inning with a triple play. Cook opened with a single and O'Connell walked but the runners were over-anxious to catch up with Connaught's early lead and both were doubled off when White flied out to pitcher Dyle. North Oshawa got three- straight singles in the second from Stewart, Dell and Morri- son, but couldn't score. They got their two runs in the third after two out when White singled, McAvoy singled and Stewart hit a two-bagger. Stew- art was their big hitter with a double and two singles. White had a pair of hits. For the winners, Dyl had four hits to help win his own game while Clapp and G, Maidl each had three: hits. Braiden had a pair. Harrison and Tre- sise each picked up three walks with "a good eye': CONNAUGT PARK -- Braid- en, 3b; Clapp, ss; Harrison, c; Dyle, p; G. Maidlow, 1b; Ald- red, If; Farncombe, rf; Tre- sise, cf; B, Maidlow, 2b. NORT HOSHAWA -- Cook, p; O'Connel, rf; White, ss; Me- Avoy, c; Stewart, 1b; Dell, 3b; Morrison, If; Grissir, 2b; Vaill- ancourt, ef. Minnesota Twins Sell Canadian-Born Pitcher NEW YORK (AP)--Minnesota Twins announced Tuesday - the sale of pitcher Georges Mar- anda a native of Levis Que., to the Jacksonville club, a Cleve- land Indians' farm team in the International League. The Twins also re-acquired pitcher Jackie Collum from Cleveland and immediately shipped him to their Vancouver: farm team in the Pacific Coast rthe practices from ice level for reached first base on Hickey's Weldon hit into a_ fieider's choice play, with Meulemeester being thrown out at 3rd base, for the second out. But Weldon moved around on a hit by El- liott and when Kelly got his third safety of the night, Weldon scor- ed, with what proved the win- ning run, O'Connor flied out to centre to end the inning. In their 14th, Heffering's gave it a try when Cole worked Meulemeester for a wa'k, with one out. But he was force' by O'Reilly at 2nd and Shearer flied out to left, to ond the game. Jack sentes Magia' in the first inning for Heffering's and Hickey did it in the next inning. They got their run in the fourth when Palmer Knight walked with one out and then with two out, Larry Batherson was safe on Meulemeester's error, Knight going to 3rd and he scored on Jim Carnwith's two-bagger. Marty Jordan was safe on an error hy Gary Minacs in the 6th while Ray Buzminski and Ralph O'Reilly drew walks in the 7th, but there were no more hits until error. Copeland up andjclose. Cole opened with & ror. popped Oneiuy ope: 5 " MacLean's Nip Heffering's 2-1, lst Game City Title Finals 4 ' cs walk: a the 10th, when Heffering's grounded out the mgd pol a hex and they got Cole Jordan then doubled but Shearer: was held at third and go out to end the i eff s had another chance in the 13th when Jordan opened with a walk. Knight hit into a force but all hands were safe when Minacs errored. With none out, Hickey's bid for @ sac- rifice saw Meulemeester field the ball and retire Jordan at 3rd, Then Batherson struck out and Carnwith popped up, to close out the opportunity: -RHE MacLean's: e 000 100 000 000 01.2 6 8 Heffering's: 000 100 000 000 00 1 6 2 MacLEAN'S ESSO -- Cope- land, lb; Weldon, c; Elliott, If; Kelly, 2b; O'Connor, 3b; Keen- an, rf; Tutak, cf; Minacs, ss; Meulemeester, p. HEFFERING'S IMPERIALS -- O'Reilly, 2b; Shearer, cf; Jor- dan, 3b; Knight, c; Hickey, p; Batherson, 1b; Carnwith, 1b; Buzminski, rf; Cole, ss. | AFTER NINE YEARS Oshawa Today at 5.30 p.m, marks the return of an Oshawa Generals Junior "A" hockey club, when they hold their initial workout at the Oshawa Children's Arena, with approxmately 50 players vying for positions. Some 25 young aspirants ar- rived in Oshawa today from all parts of Canada, They are top Boston Bruin prospects, not in- cluding those presently situated with Niagara Falls Flyers, an- other Bruin farm club. Also on hand for the first day of Oshawa's training camp will be 20 local hopefuls from the Oshawa Minor Hockey Associa- tion. Coach Doug Williams and manager Wren Blair will handle a few days until the less fortun- ate players can be weeded out. At that time, Williams will as- sume complete control of activi- ties on the ice. Blair likes to keep close vigil- ance of his talent for the first three or four days, not wanting anyone to go unnoticed, and for coach Williams to handle the entire chore would be a difficult assignment. FIVE IMPORTS HERE Five players, Paul Domm, Mike Dubeau, Terry Vail, Den- nis Conlin and Bill White have anxiously awaited today's be- ginning - since early September when they enrolled at various Oshawa Collegiates. Domm, Dubeau, Conlin and White are all youngsters with "A" competition remaining and because of their exceptional four and five years of Junior Generals Start Practising assured starting roles with Gen- erals. Vail is in his last year of Jun- jor and has been named captain of the 1962-63 Oshawa entry in the Metro Junior "A" circu:t. He had a fabulous year in 1960- 61 with Waterloo Siskins Junior "B" club, when he amassed 92 goals including exhibition end playoff encounters. His experi- ence, plus great speed and agil- ity, is expected to add consider- - able balance to the basically young Generals hockey club. EX, IN BOWMANVILLE The first exhibition tilt for Oshawa Generals will be on Thursday, October 18, in Bow- manville against Frank Wilbur's Bowmanville Pic-O-Mat Junier "B" team. Oshawa is tentatively sched- uled to open their Metro sched- ule on Sunday, October 21, in Maple Leaf Gardens, which will be their home for this season, against Toronto Mariboros, last year's finalists against St, Mi- chael's College Majors, now known as Neil McNeil Collegiate. With the accent on youth, manager Wren Blair and coach Doug Williams, do not expect their club to jell into a formié- able unit until possibly Christ- mas -- only time will tell. There is always the possibil- ity of surprise showing in camp by players not necessarily in the "higly-touted" category. There is no doubt that Osh- awa Generals will have an inter- esting and exciting hockey team for fans in Oshawa and sur- rounding district to follow, in their return to action after an prospective ability are almost absence of nine years. ST. LOUIS (AP)--When St. Louis Cardinals take the field against Washington Redskins in their National Football League game next Sunday, they'll leave The Rifle on the rack. ; Coach Wally Lemm said Tuesday he plans to start 23- year-old. Charley Johnson at quarterback in place of Sam (The Rifle) Etcheverry, the nine-year veteran from Mont- real Alouettes of the Canadian Football League who took over the job with the Cardinals last season. Johnson saw just a little ac- tion as a third-string quarter- back last year behind Etche- verry and Ralph Guglielmi. His first NFL regular season game appearance came last week when he played the last quarter Replace 'The Rifle' After 31-14 Loss of the 31-14 loss to New York Giants, He completed 7 of 14 passes for 57 yards. Lemm said: "We feel that Johnson deserves a_ starting shot because of his performance against the Giants. I think he has good potential. He's intelli- gent, has a quick arm and can throw deep. I'll go with him un- til he untracks himself." Lemm said he knew the change wouldn't do anything for Etcheverry's peace of mind. WILL HURT HIM "It's going to hurt Sam. I don't feel that it's completely his fault, The crowd here seem to be against Sam. They blame him for everything and it un- doubtedly has hurt him." Etcheverry, a legend in the Canadian League, has been con- Sonny Liston Will Not Show For Commission PHILADELPHIA (AP)-- Heavyweight champion Sonny Liston refused Tuesday to ap- pear before a New York State legislative committee investi- gating professional boxing. Liston, through a_ telegram signed by his lawyer, Morton Witkin, denied previous testi- mony by another heavyweight boxer, Cortez Stewart, that Frank (Blinky) Palermo asked Stewart to be a sparring part- ner for the champ before his one-round kayo of Floyd Patter- son Sept. 25 in Chicago. Palermo last year was. de- scribed by a U.S. senate com- mittee as a member of an un- derworld syndicate that con- trolled Liston's boxing destiny. Witkin wired the New York joint legislative committee, seeking to determine whether boxing should be outlawed in New York state, that Liston never had any conversation with Stewart, nor authorized aify person to speak with him, League. directly or indirectly. sistently booed in St. Louis. The jeers continued Sunday when he completed only four of 10 passes for 50 yards and was thrown for numerous losses while at- tempting passes. Lemm absolved Etcheverry of much of the blame for the Car- dinals' poor showing and called Cardinal pass protection Sunday - terrible. - "I don't feel the test of Sam nas, been a good one," Lemm sald. L.A. Blades Get Quebec's MacKell QUEBEC (CP) -- Forward Fleming MacKell has been sold by Quebec Aces of the Ameri- can Hockey League to Los An- geles Blades of the Western League, it was announced Tues. day. MacKell has been practising with the Blades for about two weeks and asked to be sold to Los Angeles, where he has set up a business, a spokesman for the Aces said. He came to Quebec in the 1960-61 season as player-coach after a career in the National Hockey League. In the last half of the season he resigned as coach but stayed on as a player.