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6 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Scturday, December 12, 1964 WITH BOSTON BRUINS Oshawa Homebrew Made It - From Minor Ranks To NHL BY GERRY SUTTON If Eddie Westfall, who toils on defence for Boston Bruins, hadn't chosen hockey for a career he might have been a major league baseball player The . 24-year-old Belleville native attracted scouts from the Detroit Tigers of the American League when he was catching in the Oshawa Legion Juvenile League, but like most young Canadians his only thought was playing professional hockey. Westfall, in his fourth season with the Bruins, has divided his time between Boston and the minors during his short career. This year, however, he has been regulated to penalty killing Coach Milt Schmidt says, "Eddie has played everywhere for the Bruins this season ex- cept in goal and I'm sure if I asked him he would try that." Westfall's importance doesn't show on the scoring column, but killing penalties is just as important as scoring goals. PLAYED IN OSHAWA Westfall got most of his early experience with the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association. His family moved to Oshawa when he was only one-year-old. Con- naught Park Atoms was the first team Westfall played with and strangely enough he started out as a goaltender, However, despite his talents in stopping the puck, coach 'Pop' Taylor needed some speed on the team duties and the move seems to be paying off for the handsome rearguard. and didn't hesitate to move him ion defence. "SPORTS MENU | By Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITCR 'Everything From Soup To Nuts' OSHAWA CIVIC AUDITORIUM! They held the official open- ing of Oshawa's new "Civic Auditorium" last night and it was a gala affair, with a big crowd of sports fans on hand, color, thrills and memories. Mr. (or Mrs.) 'Average Citizen'? has got to love the new Civic Auditorium. It's a truly great build- ing, the indoor lighting is perhaps the most significant part of the entire project--the 'clean, wide-open aspect' and the "bigness" are two other impressions that are sure to register with the sports fans. Last night, today and tomorrow, thou- sands of Oshawa citizens will take a tour through the new Civic Auditorium--they'll be there to take a look at the magnificent building which they '"'built for themselves". On Tuesday night, the first Junior "A" hockey game will be held there--with St. Catharines Black Hawks visiting Oshawa Generals. After that, it will be routine, with the usual number of firsts and never-before incidents. x x x x SOME READERS were kind enough to make complimenary remarks of our column earlier this week and took the trouble to remind us that we should say more about the "opening game" in Oshawa Arena, back on January 9, 1930. Oh--that indeed was a big night--Lou E. Marsh was the referee, with Harry Lecky of this city, then an OHA vice-president, assist- ing. We had figure-skaters on hand for between periods, the great "Connie" Wilson and professional Lussi, with the On- tario Regimental Band providing the music. They put a full house in that night, 3,754 customers--and guess what, the prices were 35c-50c-75c-1.00 tops. The National Sea Fleas were a combination of former great teams, Peterborough Seniors and Willowdale Intermediates. They, had Kenny Holmeshaw and "'Stuffy" Mueller as their goalies and their line-up in- cluded such former greats as Mike Underwood, Frank Collins, Marty Nugent, "'Weiner" Lough, Eddie Convey, etc. Oshawa Seniors had on their roster names like Eddy Leveque, Jack Bond, Bill Conlin, Carl Houck, "Doc" Rowden, Art Black, Bill Coulter, "Ty" Little, "Curly" Lane, George Jackson, Archie During the 1951-52 season with Connaught, Westfall and his teammates won the Atom League Championship in_ the Toronto Hockey League King Clancy Series. When he was 14-years-old, Hap Emms, current owner of Niagara Falls Flyers and then boss of Barrie Fiyers of the OHA Junior A League invited him to the training camp in Barrie. Westfall returned home the same season to further his education, but the next year went to Barrie to stay. In four seasons with Barrie and Niagara Falls, he made the first all-star defensive team three times and the second squad once, ~ ELEVATED TO BRUINS Boston Bruins called him up in 1961-62 and used him in 63 games, but the next year West- fall found himself with Kingston Frontenacs of the now defunct Eastern Professional League. Under general manager and coach Wren Blair, who is now GM of Oshawa Generals, West- fal] played 21 games and picked up 21 points. The same season he returned to the Bruins and saw action in 48 games. "Westfall is a great competi- tor and hates to lose no matter what sport activity he's taking part in," said Blair. hasn't reached his potential as a pro yet. Like most defense- men in the NHL they keep getting better as they mature, with that in mind, hel should come into his own in a few years." Mr. and Mrs. Ray Westfall have been living in Oshawa for) the past 24 years. Besides) Eddie, they have three other| |sons, Stan, George and Howard. | Stan and George also play Shantz Retires After 16 Years PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Little Bobby Shantz retired from baseball Friday after 16 years as a pitcher in the ma- jor leagues. He said he is leav- ing because he feels he can't do the job the way he wants to do it. Shantz, 39, disclosed his re- tirement in a letter to general manager John Quinn of Phila- delphia Phillies, who brought him here last August from Chi- cago Cubs. The Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1952 when he won 24 games for Philadelphia Athletics, Shantz later played for Kansas City, New York and Washington in the American League and Pitts- burgh, Houston, St. Louis, Chi- cago and Philadelphia of the National League. Shantz, for years the small- est player in the big leagues at five-feet-seven, was one of the game's finest fielding pitchers. He won 119 games and lost 99 during his major league career and was 2-5 last year. In Weekend By THE CANADIAN PRESS With a third of the season gone, weekend action could start separating the men from the boys in the close National Hockey League race. The big question is whether New York Rangers can stand the pace. They're hanging on to fourth place, two points ahead of surging Chicago Black Hawks. New York plays second-place '\Canadiens in Montreal tonight and is back home against third- place Toronto Maple Leafs: Sun- day. Both Canadian teams are skating hard. In other NHL ac- tion, Chicago visits league-lead- ing Detroit Red Wings tonight and plays host to them Sunday. Tail-end Boston Bruins visit Toronto tonight and play host to Montreal Sunday. The big scoring punch for New York is being supplied by the French line, Camille Henry, Phil Goyette and Rod Gilbert who make up the highest scor- ing line in the league. Detroit is that good. Another question is whether|is N.Y. Rangers Get Test NHL Action checking team in the league and his opinion is shared by Bruins' general manager Lynn Patrick who says: "Tf the Red Wings continue to skate and check the way they have, they could very well. re- main in first place the rest of the season. Detroit surprises me every year, this year more than ever.". Detroit coach Sid Abel is pro- moting Norm Ullman, Bill Gadsby and goalie Roger Cro- zier for mid-season All - Star team selections, Ullman for the Hart Trophy, outstanding NHL player, and Bill Gadsby for the (Norris Trophy, best defence- man. High-flying . Bobby Hull of Chicago will. probably -- upset some of his hopes. Hull has scored 21 goals in 23 games. Montreal coach Toe Blake, satisfied with Canadiens' per- formance in. their 3-2 victory over Toronto Wednesday, plans no lineup changes. Bob Pulford not. considered a __ likely starter for Toronto because of ROME (AP) -- Sandro Maz- zinghi retained his junior mid- dieweight championship Friday night by outpointing coutryman Fortunato Manca ' the first world title bout between Ital- jans. Mazzinghi weighed 154 pounds, Manca 153. t SEEKS COLLEGE JOB EL PASO, Tex. (AP)--Bobby Dobbs, 41, football coach of the Western F oot ball Conference Calgary Stampeders last sea- son and previously of Tulsa University has been inter- viewed for the head coaching job at. Texas Western College. a college spokesman sai Thursday. Dobbs resigned un- expectedly from the Calgary job at the.end of the season. Your Satisfaction Is Our Aim All Cars Ca Our GUARANTEE KELLY DISNEY | USED CARS Ltd, 1200 Dundes E. Whitby 668-5891 BUDGET TERMS "Eddie © | Georgian Bay League. St. Kitts Edge | Marlboros 3-2 By THE CANADIAN PRESS » Niagara Falls Flyers came up with their second clutch win ; of the week Friday night to ae '& ~ climb within two points of the g sagging first - place Toronto 'Marlboros in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A # race. é : The Flyers hung on to defeat fourth - place Oshawa Generals 5-4 while Toronto suffered its second loss in as many nights when St. Catharines Black Hawks twice to win 3-2. EDDIE WESTFALL ayne Maki scored at 9:15 of hockey and both are members; It took a lot of hard work and| Way : "i - : | the third period to sew up the of the Midland Flyers in the/hardship to make the National] game 'a the Black i i ; |Hockey League, but with his|Bob McAlpine Eddie Westfall married ajgreat competitive skill, 'ocal girl, Joan-Anne Weeks and|Westfall may be able to lookjarines goals and Paul Laurent they are the proud parents of| forward to a fine career in the}and Wayne Carleton provided four children. |pro circuit. 'the Toronto total. GOLDSWORTHY STARS BY GERRY SUTTON NIAGARA FALLS -- A strong third period rally by Oshawa last night as Niagara Falls Flyers held on to get a 5-4 tri- umph. Generals two points. back of Peterborough Petes in the tight Ontario Hockey Association Kincaid and Clair Elliott. Yep! They were the good old days! x x xX »¢ | KNOW WHAT?--and isn't it good?--about another 25 years | from now, the official opening of the Oshawa Civic Auditorium, held in December, 1964, will be historic news and no doubt, people will recall with pride, either the fact that they them- | selves were on hand, or that they new the names of people who officiated. Progress is wonderful and perhaps memory is its finest aspect. Those of us who now revel in thinking of the "good old days', of the hungry 30's and the famous 50's of the Oshawa Generals, we will, if still around, recall Decem- ber, 1964, when Oshawa opened their new Civic Auditorium, So why wait for 25 years to enjoy it? Our advice to every Oshawa citizen, every local hockey fan--and especially to all those who contributed, to those who helped '"'build it our- selves'--is to take a trip out to the Civic Auditorium this | week-end and have a look. If you helped build it--you have a | right to be proud of it! HOCKEY SCORES, STANDINGS By THE CANADIAN PRESS American League Western League | Sinenaves 4 San Francisco 6 Eastern Division |Los Angeles 3 Seattle 1 WLT F APt Central League 2 7 1116 7041|Memphis 1 Minneapolis 2 | 2 85 57 32;Omaha 8 St. Paul 2 2 81 112 22) Eastern League | 78 19| New York 5 New Jersey 5 | 98 14|New Haven 0 Long Island 5 Johnstown 6 Charlotte 2 68 34 Jacksonville 1 Knoxville 2 64 25\.... Manitoba Junior 82 21 Winnipeg Rangers 6 Winnipeg 85 16 Warriors 2 Winnipeg Braves Monarchs 0 Saskatchewan Junior Melville 3 Regina 8 A Pt| Saskatoon 7 Weyburn 3 49 28 Estevan 5 Brandon 6 64 24) Ontario Junior B 87 16|Stamford 4 Welland 5 89 14|Ingersoll 6 Stratford 5 95 8)Chatham 3 London 2 Goderich 7 Waterloo 4 Exhibition Russia 3 Montreal 2 4" SPORTS IN BRIEF | 2 SS HEADS ESKIMOS 83 9419, EDMONTON (CP) -- Hugh 81 106 15|McColl, 43-year-old automotive} 17 84 14/executive, was elected pres-| 76 99 14\ident of the Edmonton Eskimos | Thursday at the annual meet-} ing of the club's shareholders. McColl succeeded Walter Sprague, who resigned after serving one year as president} and one year of a three-year} term as director BOOG EDGES MICKEY BOSTON (AP)--John (Boog) Pt\Powell of Baltimore Orioles} 8\beat out Mickey.Mantle of New| 0 32 22 8! York Yankees, a four - time! 22 21 §lchampion, for the 1964 Amer-| 3lican League slugging title, final| 2\official averages showed Fri- 2\day. Powell compiled 257 total 2)bases in 424 official times at l/bat for a .608 average. Among Oithe -hard - hitting outfielder's 123 hits were 17 doubles and 29 jhonte runs, Mantle's average was .591, ' Quebec Hershey 15 Springfield 101 Baltimore 813 3 78 Providence 719 0 66 Western Division Rochester 16 7 2 88 Buffalo 11 8 3 69 Pittsburgh 911 3 69 Cleveland 614 4 62 Friday's Result Rochester 4 Baltimore 1 Ontario Senior WLT F 14 4 O11 st Sik ee Me 6 812 0 74 7 6 1 4 Winnipeg Guelph Galt Woodstock Oakville 711 8 71 Welland 411 0 57 Friday's Results Welland 3 Guelph 13 Galt 4 Woodstock 5 Ontario Junior A wut Ff Toronto 16.7 1 Peterbor'gh 137 2 Oshawa 10 9 6 St. Catharines 810 3 Kitchener 714 1 Montreal 612.2 Hamilton 512 4 Friday's Results Oshawa 4 Niagara Falls 5 St. Catharines 3 Toronto 2 Sunday's Games Peterborough at St. Catharines 'Niagara Falls at Montreal Hamilton at Kitchener Oshawa at Toronto Senior Intercollegiate WLT A Toronto 400 35 19 Montreal 1 McMaster 2 Queen's | Western McGill Laval Waterloo 2 Guelph 3 Friday's Results Laval 5 Montreal 6 McGill 5 Toronto 17 2 bk 14 9 ae Be 0 15 28 02 6 1 15 21 O77 lof the game at Junior A race. Oshawa travels to Toronto on Sunday for a game against the league leading Marlboros and will host St. Catharines in the first game at the new Civic Auditorium on Tuesday night. In Niagara Falls last night, Flyers had what appeared to be an insurmountable 3-0 lead after two periods. But Generals finally got untracked in the final 20 minutes and fired four goals past netminder Bernie Parent. Ron Buchanan's second goal the 17-minute mark narrowed the count to 4-3. With about a minute re- maining, coach Jim Cherry pulled goaltender Dennis Gibson but the move backfired as Derek Sanderson scored in the open net from centre ice at the 19:36 mark . CASHMAN SCORES Fifteen seconds later, Wayne Cashman scored on a_ shot, which never left the ice, but time ran out before Generals could muster another attack. Rookie Chris Hayes, with his seventh goal of the season was| the other marksmen for Gen-| erals. Bill Goldsworthy collected two goals and an assist to Jead the Flyers attack. Brian Bradley and Jim Lorentz added singles. Sanderson and Lorentz picked up two assists each, as did Jim Booth of Oshawa. Commenting 'after the game, coach Cherry said, "We only played 20 minutes of hockey and that was in the third. The club was hitting for the first time in several games, but didn't capi- Generals fell short of its mark. : The loss left the fourth place E |second and none in the third. Niagara Falls Struggle To Win Over Generals White and miles in forts. .. Cashman penalty-killing Danny O'Shea, Leach were , absent from lineup. O'Shea is out strained knee ligaments Leach had the flu. OSHAWA -- goal, Gibson; defence, Orr Roberts, Beverley, Giroux; for: ; wards, Little, Buchanan, Bannerman, g Hayes, Booth, Cashman, Lange, 2 and Marshall NIAGARA FALLS -- fence, Ley, Wilkins, Marotte, Arbour; for: 4 Kilger, fought from behind Yl and Maurice Eddie| Labbe netted the other St. Cath- skated ef- team captain of Generals, and Darryl the with and White, | Boston coach Milt Schmidt believes there isn't a better an eye injury suffered last DROP IN weekend. REVATRITAOS Re SSeuaRe Se goal, Parent; de-| wards, Atkinson, Goldsworthy, Snell, Pro- Paiement, Bradley, Sherman, novost, Marcotte, Sanderson, Lorentz, nesse and Debrody. FIRST PERIOD 1. Niagara Falls, Bradley (Arbour, De- brody) ' 2:03 2. Niagara Falls, Goldsworthy (Sander son, Lorentz) 14:10 Penalties -- Marotte (elbowing) 3:38 Bannerman (kneeing) 5:07, (charging) 6:36, Bradley (tripping) 7:09 Little (high-sticking) 8:50, 12:03, White (cross-checking), (boarding) 15:25, 16:49, Little, key (majors-fighting) 18:27, Arbour, Booth (majors-fighting) 20:00. SECOND PERIOD 3. Niagara Falls, Goldsworthy (Arbour. Lorentz) 13:09 He robbed Jean Penalties -- Beverley (tripping) 5:06, j Sherman (holding) 14:01, Pronovost with the best save Of (err ne annerman the night late in the third and) 19:47 pulled off terrific stops against] 4 oshawa, Hoyer (Boom) 1:22 Rosaire Paiement, Gilles) 5, Niegers, Fall Lorentz (Goldsworthy, Marotte and = Goldworthy ; ; Parent, who came up with 24 Been! Suckanen <cente saves, made. his best stops against Buchanan and Bobby| 19 Orr ... Bob Kilger, Booth, before the linesmen broke them|Hayes and Buchanan were the apart. John Arbour and Booth pick of the Generals. . . Bill were involved in the other), CHRIS HAYES BILL GOLDSWORTHY Referee Bruce Simms of Kit-,i4 in the first chener appeared to be whistle- happy in the first period and handed out five minors and two majors to both clubs, He called only two minors apiece in the Bill Little and Rich----Ley tangled late in the first with Oshawa's tough leftwinger-get- tings in a couple solid belts Niagra Falls, Sanderson 19:36 Penalties -- None. Saves: Gibson Parent 8 7 9--24 Goldsworthy | (high-sticking) 11:40, Little (interference) | Marotte | Arbour (cross-checking) 7, Oshawa, Buchanan (Bannerman) 17:03) seas" TO YOUR ISLANDS IN THE SUN! Lajeu-| Charnen| and enjoy a holiday like this in Nassau or Jamaica casted THIS WINTER, JET AIR CANADA | | 14 10 13-37 scrap. | BLUELINE NOTES -- Foolish | mistakes by Oshawa's defense! cost them three goals, They) failed to take their man out around Gibson, as a_ result, Flyers were allowed plenty of scoring opportunities. . . 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