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LRSM NT OF, TES PS 12 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, Aprit 5, 1963 Aches And Pains. Begin To Cripple Leafs Move To Finals ® TERRY SAWCHUK, Detroit Red Wing goaltender, and members of Chicago Black Hawks as well as Sawchuk's mates stare at puck as it spins in mid-air in front of the net, Other players include Bill Hay (11) and Stan Mikita (21), both of Chicago. Red Wing onlookers are Norm Ullman (7) and Doug Bark- ley (5). Wings won the game 4-2 to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven semi-final series. (AP Wirephoto) Wings Clip Chihawks Take 3-2 Games Lead By JACK SULLIVAN The incident occurred when Canadian Press Sports Editor CHICAGO, (CP)--The Detroit hockey club left town today with &@ 3-2 lead in games over Chi- cago Black Hawks in a best- of.seven Stanley Cup semi-final and with an $11,500 damage suit against it and its fiery defence- man Howle Young. A few hours before the Red Wings skated onto Chicago Sta- dium ice and beat the Hawks general manager-coach Sid Abel end defenceman Young a sum- mons to appear in Chicago cen. Young casually took a poke at the puck as he skated to the penalty box, "It is not our problem," an official of the Red Wing organ. ization said early today. "'It is the arena's problem." He pointed out that fans go to a game at their own risk of injury from flying pucks. Neither Abel nor Young was available for comment early to- day. DIDN'T BOTHER WINGS The incident didn't have any effect on the Wings who came up with their third straight play- off vicory after losing the open- ing pair here. The sixth game will be played at Detroit Sunday and the sev- enth, if necessary, back here Tuesday. court within 30 days. . claim was filed by Mrs. Bromarts of Chicago, who it in the mouth by a puck into the crowd by Young first game of the series Tuesday. March 26. SPORTS MENU By Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITOR 'Everything From Soup To Nuts' TORONTO hockey fans couldn't have been more pleased than last night. Not only did their beloved Maple Leafs clean up their Stanley Cup semi-final series against their arch ene- mies, the Montreal Canadiens -- but they garnished the feat with a few specials. Most important, to Toronto fans -- they had a chance to see and cheer it -- it was on home ice, Then Johnny Bower scored another playoff shutout and, of course, this rates as a special prize. Topping it off was the fact that the No, 1 favorite of the Leafs, Dave Keon scored two of the goals. Other Toronto tallies were garnered by Dick Duff, Ron Stewart and believe-it-or-not, defenseman Kent Douglas. Keon's opening goal came at the 6:56 mark and before the first period was barely past the halfway mark, it was 3-0 for the Mapleos and the Habs were on their way to eblivion. Bernie Geoffrion came up with an improved per- formance but as a team, the Canadiens were frustrated by Toronto's relentless checking and consistent pressure attack. Leafs' captain George Armstrong gathered three assists and "Red" Kelly figured in two of the goals. This and Johnny Bower's brilliant acrobatics kept the frustrated Habs com- pletely at bay. DETROIT RED WINGS, while not exactly a surprise, did the job they had to do -- namely win a game on Chicago ice. While the Black Hawks, via Eric Nesterenko and others, kept an especially close tab on Gordie Howe, Norman Ullman cut loose with his big game of the playoffs. He hadn't scored until last night's game but in the 4-2 win over the Hawks on Chicago ice last night, Ullman assisted Floyd Smith to the only goal of the first period, notched one himself early in the second to make it 2-0, then helped Parker McDonald break the tie late in the third period, in the final minute, to be exact = then Uliman scored his second goal, late in the third period, to clinch the verdict. That gave him two goals and two assists in the team's four goals -- not a bad effort, Kennie Wharram got the Hawks back in the picture midway through the middle canto and Bobby Hull tied it up, but the Chicago team faded away again under Detroit's fine posi- ional defensive- play. Howe got one assist, on MacDonald's goal. Now the stage is set for Red Wings to wind up the series on Sunday night on their home ice and if they do, they'll move into the Stanley Cup finals, likely on Tuesday fight, in Toronto. x x x x BRIGHT BITS: -- Charles Russell, president-elect of the Oshawa City and District Softball Association, will head a three-man delegation to Kingston today, to represent the City and District group at the annual OASA Convention. Several other interested local softball men are also going to be on hand, along with a delegation from Port Perry and some voters from other OASA groups in this district. . . . THE 'SULKY' racing fans have been enjoying their sport at Greetiwood Raceway for about two weeks now. Tomorrow, at Fort Erie the 1963 Ontario "thoroughbred" racing season gets under way. . . . TONY DeSPIRITO, who set a world fecord by riding by 390 winners in the 1952 season, is going to ride in Canada this year and will be on hand for the opening at Fort Erie tomorrow. He should add considerable interest to the season's speculations on the big races. Thursday night's game proved that Norm Ullman is a guy who thrives on hard work, The chunky Red Wing centre scored two goals and assisted on the other two. "IT just felt good," said the five - foot - ten, 185-pounder. "I played a little more time than usual the past couple of games and it seems to make a big difference." He set up the first Detroit goal by Floyd Smith in the opening period and scored the second early in the middle session. The Hawks tied it with goals "A Kenny Wharram and Bobby ull and Ullman then set up Parker MacDonald who scored the winning goal late in the third period. MacDonald took a golf swing at the bouncing puck to get it behind goalkeeper Glenn Hall who made a desperate lunge for it. BOUNCED OFF DEFENDER That goal was scored while Hawk forward Ab McDonald was serving a five-minute ma- jor for crosschecking Detroit de- fenceman Doug Barkley. The puck bounced off a Hawk de. fender, and MacDonald took a whack at it. Ullman put the game out of reach of the Hawks late in the third period. day night, Abel said: readier for them Hawks." than "They have to come to us now," said Abel in the Detroit dressing room. He declined to predict the outcome of the ser. ies but said, "'we just have to win one of the two games left --and they have to win both." Asked how he felt about meet- ing the league champion Tor. onto Maple Leafs, who wrapped up their semi - final against Montreal Canadiens four games to one with a 5-0 victory Thurs- "We just wait and see who wins this one first. Actually, -I had hoped we would meet Tor- onto in the semi-finals, We al- ways have a good showdown and I think we would have been the tional. Hockey League player what is needed besides talent and spirit to go places and nine times out of 10 he'll say, "you've got to get the breaks.' Toronto Maple Leafs got the breaks, but not just Wednesday night. They came years ago when Johnny Bower and Dave Keon were signed. Both have paid their way all along, but they played the key roles as the Leafs marched into the Stanley Cup finals by whip- ping Montreal Canadiens 5-0. Bower was the defensive standout, stopping 35 Montreal shots, Keon shone on offence, scoring two goals and assisting on another, d The victory for Toronto was its fourth in the best-of-seven series compared to the one Montreal was able to score--a 3-1 decision in Montreal in the fourth game Tuesday night. "We're just a better hockey club," said Punch Imlach, the Toronto manager-coach now has a layoff of several days to pre. pare for the final against either Detroit Red Wings or Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit leads that best-of-seven semi-final 3-2. SCORES EASY SHUTOUT The shutout for Bower, the oldest player in the NHL, was his second in the series. The veteran goaltender, who is tagged at 38 in the record books, admits to being 39, and is suspected of having passed 40, made several good saves, 'but the number belied the power of the Montreal attack. Of the 35, several were on weak or rushed shots. Jacques Plante kept out 27 shots for Montreal. Before Bower's 2-0 shutout in the third game in Montreal Sat- urday, Leaf teams had gone 17 playoff games without a shutout against the Canadiens. It was the first playoff series in the seven times the two clubs have met that a Toronto club has been able to blank Montreal twice. The Leaf goaltender had never registered a shutout in 35 play- off games before this season. Keon scored the first Toronto goal and assisted on the second by Dick Duff. Ron Stewart got a third to give Leafs a 3-0 lead by 10:11 of the first period, Keon scored the only goal of the sec- ond - period and defenceman Kent Douglas scored his first Stanley Cup goal in the third. The post -. game Montreal dressing room was a picture of despondency. Coach Toe Blake issued orders that everyone -- including club officials--be kept out of the dressing room, but later relented to a lone reporter. "What these guys need is a lot of prayers and a change in attitude,"' Blake told him. Did he mean the Canadiens had a defeatist attitude in the series? "Humph. That's not all." Montreal defenceman Terry Harper was in the penalty box for Toronto's first goal at 6:56 of the first period. Keon beat Plante on a low shot that the On 5-0 W TORONTO (CP)--Ask a Na- , Se JOHN BOWER, Toronto Maple Leaf goaltender, smiles with son, John Bower Jr. in Maple Leaf's dressing room 'PUNCH' IMLACH Toronto centre said Plante "just plain misjudged." The Leaf centre dug the puck from behind the Montreal net to set up Duff, who scored on a 20-foot shot at 9:43. Twenty- eight seconds later being put in the clear by Red Kelly. in Habs last night after Leafs blanked Montreal. Canadiens 5-0 to move into the Stanley Cup finals. It was the second shut- DAVE KEON | Bob Baun slapped at the puck out in the series for Bower. The shutouts were his first in NHL playoff action. (CP Wirephoto) JACQUES PLANTE i before a bevy of reporiers, said jfrom just inside the blue line|++jt was one of the best games jand Keon tipped it into the Montreal net to make it 4-0 at 16:37 of the second period. Douglas rushed from the Leaf |tiod to close the scoring. we've played this year." He said he would prefer meet. ing Chicago in the final because Stewart|Z0ne up the left side and beait/they played a "rougher game-- scored on a breakaway after|Plante at 11:27 of the third pe.| our kind of hockey," then later jrevised his opinion to say "I | Imlach) happily holding court| don't care who it is." By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer An alarming wave of sore arms and training camp injur- les have crippled major league teams as they head into the fi- pele @ tes eeeng Oe one prior to opening sea- son Monday and Tuesday. The New York Yankees, Jodds-on favorites to repeat in het American ve ri have n playing withou r Maris, Whitey Ford, Tony Ku- bek, Tom Tresh and Clete .|Boyer. Some of them are due to be back before Tuesday. Tampa, Fia., leaving behind Bob Purkey, the Reds' 23-game winner. Manager Fred Hutchin- chance to soak up some extra sunshine in hopes of shaking off soreness in his right shoulder. Loss of Purkey for any ex- cal blow to the Reds' buiding pennant hopes. Frank Robinson also has been out of action lately due to a sore arm. Vada Pinson, starting slowly after an appendectomy, lost more time due to a wrenched right knee, On his return, Pinson was shifted to left field, giving up centre fieM to rookie Tommy Harper. Vern Law, ace of Pittsburgh's 1960 pennant winners and a 10- game winner last year despite constant arm trouble, hopes. an vive his arm. The Pirates are not counting on Law at this stage. Cincinnati broke camp in § tended period could bea criti- Big League Teams son wants to give Purkey a ie FRANK LARY extended stay in Florida will re- Hoeft, whose shoulder was ine iia ti i a's plans have a a rhb injury to Roy re and Tony Gonzalez' Ig injury. The 'status of Art Mahaffey, slated to pitch the opener Tues- day, remains doubtful. Mahaf- fey came up with a sore arm after his last outing, Anil so it goes across the land, Baltimore does not know how much help it can expect from Mike McCormick, the ex- Giant. Harmon Killebrew's New York Mets have two- thirds of their regular outfield tight knee has been bothering him but he expects to be swing- ing when the Minnesota 'Twins open. Washington also has been having problems with an injury to Jimmy Piersall. Kansas City's Dan Pfister has been paving trouble with a sore el- The season opens Monday with two specials. ROGER MARIS LARY STILL DOUBTFUL Detroit also has a major prob- lem in Frank Lary, the Yankee|} killer of old. Lary was lost most of last season due to arm trou ble, It still bothers him. ' On the bench. Frank Thomas nir from. a_ Collision with a damaged right thumb. the opening day line-up, suf fered a hairline fracture on a finger of his throwing hand. San Francisco has not been lable to get any help from Billy|§ MORE 'QUALITY' PLAYERS By JOE REICHLER | NEW YORK (AP)--San Fran- cisco Giants should repeat as National League champions. Manager Alvin Dark's world series - hardened team looked like anything but a pennant con- tender this spring but it should start winning when the chips are down. The Giants simply have more quality ball players Larsen to head a strong bull- pen. MAYS STILL SUPREME Willie Mays, at 31, is still su- preme. The brilliant centre fielder is flanked by Felipe Alou, a fullfledged star in. his own right, in right field, and the left-tighty combination of than any club in the league. The predicted order of finish 1, San Francisco, 2. Los An- geles, 3, Cincinnati, 4. Philadel- phia, 5. St. Louis, 6. Pittsburgh, 7. Milwaukee, 8. Houston, 9 Chicago, 10. New York. The Giants are blessed with the tough-to-heat combination of youth and ability everywhere but on the mound. And the pitchers have not yet reached the stage where age should take HOCKEY SCORES STANDINGS much of a toll. adds a young arm to the four experienced starters, Jack San- ford (24-7), Juan Marichal (18- By THE CANADIAN PRESS American League Hershey 3 Baltimore 5 ) International League Muskegon 2 Fort Wayne 6 semi-final 2-1) Minneapolis 3 Omaha 7 tied 2-2) Allan Cup Winnipeg 3 Saskatoon 4 western final) (Best-of-three quarter-final tied 1-1 (Best - of + seven semi-final ll), Billy Pierce (16-4) and Billy O'Dell (19-14), Lefty Billy oeft, useless all spring be- cause of an arm injury, is ex- pected to recover in time and (Muskegon leads best-of-seven (First game of best-of-seven BROWN'S LUMBER & SUPPLIES LTD. "DO-IT-YOURSELF HEADQUARTERS" NEW HOMES & HOME IMPROVEMENTS FULL LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS 725-4704 436 RITSON N. 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