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Are ChiHawks Good Or Passing Fancies By LAURENT CUIASSON Canadian Preu Stall Writer Was Chicago Black Hawks sensational Stanley Cup tri umph last spring flash in the pan Those connected with the Chl cago organization say noBut others around the National Hockey League are beginning to revise their early season estimates on this team On paper the Black Hawh appear to be solid well bal anced club Yet with one third of the league schedule completed they are fifth and showing no real signs of shopping out of their lethargy Just where the trouble lies in anybodys guess Everybody the players has to share in the clubs failure suys Tommy lvan the Hawks general manager NOT HUNGRY Coach Rudy Pilous whose job is said to be in jeopardy says the Black Hawlu are not hungry They were all great hockey players last Septemberwhen they were signing their con tracts says Pilous But they havent been much since other theorics are being ad vanced Some say the players have lost confidence in Pilous Others claim the Hawks badly lack team leader Injuries The loss of defence man Pierre Pliotc separated shoulder and centre Bill Hay removal of carbuncle in his knee no doubt hurt the team early in the season But other clubs notably Montreal Canadiens and Tor onto Mapls Leafs have been hit hard by the injury bug and RUDY PILOUS somehow have managed to overcome it Pilate and Hay now are back in harness and the Hawks still are losing Statisch tell part of the tale AVERAGE DOWN The Hawks averaged nearly three goals game on their way to third place finish lastscason This season theyre scoring at 25 goalaagame clip The defence also is giving up more goals Goalla Glenn Hall wound up with 257 goals agalnst average in 196001 This time hes being beaten more of ten sporting 117 markafter 22 games Can the Black Hawks to cover We played well enough to win against Toronto and Mont real last weekend says Ivan But against Toronto we gave up too many goals and against Montreal we didnt score Pilous feels the Hawks have not been getting the breaks Look at the Canadians sald Eudy after losing 10 to lilont real Sunday They play med iocre game and they win Were not getting those breaks Pilate the team captain this season says the Hawks can still finish first Were not out of this yst Liston Must Remove Obstacle For Battle By JACK SULLIVAN Canadian Press Sports Editor TORONTO CPI World heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson says he definitely would like to giva Sonny Liston crack at his title but there are pretty serious obstacles to overcome and if they are re moved therell be fight The 26yearold champ who successfully defended his title with fourth round knockout over Torn McNeclcy of Boston Monday night added at press Kennedy Admits Americans Soft NEW YORK AmPresident Kennedy Tuesday night called iha American people physically soft as result of pushbutton llvlng He urged mass stepup llt the countrys exarcising ha If The president in the past has drawn bantering comment for his prowess at touch football He emphasled his serious con cern for physical fitness in an address prepared for dinner of the National Football Foun dation We are underexercised as nation the president declared We look instead of play ride instead of walk Our pushbut ton existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living And the remedy in my judgment lies in one directionin devel oping programs for broad par ticipation in exercise by all our young men and women Kennedy appeared at the foundation dinner to receive gold medal for setting an ex ample of the major role of ama teur athletics in fostering m0lt ral values and leadership qual ities He said US children lag behind those in Europe in phys ical fitness and that of 1000000 selective service recruits called since 1948 more than 1000000 were rejected as physically um Eight former players were in ducted into the Hall of Fame at the meeting They are Glen Davis Anny halfback 194446 Charlie Justice North Carolina halfback flood40gt George Mc Afee halfback for Duke 1937 39 Bob Reynolds Stanford ta ckle 193365 Bob Suffridge Tennessee guard 193840 Web don Humble Rice guard 1941 42 1946 Pat Pauetti Lehigh Ploen Named Top Player In Cup Game TORONTO CPI Quarter back Kenny Ploen who scored the winning touchdown in over time in Winnipeg Blue Bomb ers 2114 victory over Hamilton TigerCats in Saturdays Grey Cup final Tuesday was named the games outstanding player The former Iowa University star beat out Canadian team mate Gerry James by four British sports car Ploen 28 fiveyear Bomb crs standout received 87 points in the voting by football writ ers and sportscasters Ron ou relle Winnipeg punt specialist who moved into the offensive back field and did an excellent job of pass catching after Ray Jauch was injured was third with 52 points Ploen was selected for acor lng the decisive points and meshing powerful ground atr tack with brilliant clutch pass ing tosubdue the Tiger Cats Iamcs scored 14 points on touchdown two field goals and two converts points in winning the award and and Wesleyan quarterback 1908 homa halfback 13101910 Coach Paul Bryant accepted the Macarthur Bowl for his Ala home team the foundations choice as the No 115 college football club Alabama unde feated this year also was se lccted by The Associated Press as the countrys No team in its final toll Tuesday Flyers Vacate Junior Cellar By TEE CANADIAN PRESS Theres new tenant in the Ontario Hockey Association Ju nior cellar Niagara Falls Flycra vacated the basement Tuesday night by downing Guelph Royals 74 dropping Guelph into last place The Flycrs moved into tie for fourth place with Peterbor ough Poles who lost 53 as Has mliton Red Wings ended four gume losing streak At Guelph the Royals went down fighting Referee Jerry Olinski meted out 110 minutes in penalties including 12 majors for battling and four 10minuie misconduct penalties most of them following brawl late in the game Royals Bob Plagerr drew three majors and mis conduct Guelph took 30 lead but Ni agara Falls narrowed the gap as Terry Oliver rapped in two goals in 17 seconds heforethe first period ended 77 Other twogoal mm for Nia gara Falls were Howie Dietrich and Ken llergott Jack Nairn got the winners other marker and Bill Taylor Dave McComb Borden Smith and Don Diber ardino scored for Guelph At Paterborough the Pctes lost Tom Carly in the third pe riod when be injured his wrist Carly had scored early in the second frame Other Petcrbor nugb scorers were Bob Jamie son and Jim Patterson Hamil tons Pit Martin leagueleading scorer scored twice and singles went to Lowell MacDonald Bob Dean and Larry Ziliotto In Metro Junior action Whitby and Unioaville tied 33 conference Tuesday that Liston is the logical contender As far as am coneoraed Id like my next light to he with Liston Hes the No con tender and thats all you fellows have been talking about know it appears that Im duck ing him Actually Im not would definitely give Lis t0n chance The date place and all that stuff will come later According to my man ager0r should say adviser ther0 still are few obstacles There are no obstacles to me 1012 and Claude Heeds Okia my manager we ara pretty serious ones WONT ELABORAIE DAmato who appeared later at the conference said he didnt prefer to speliout the obstacles that Liston must overcome He also reiterated statements he made Monday night by saying that bout could he signed to marrow next week next year or never Im most anxious for the fight but it is up to Liston to remove the obstacles Liston he added alone could remove them if he wished to do so Patterson said he hopes to fight twice year and that his next defence probably will be in March Tom Bolan of New York president of nshlp Sports Incorporated promoters of the unique closedcircuit tele vision doubleheader involving Ltston and West Germanys Al bert Westth in Philadelphia and Patterson and McNeeley in Toronto said he was pleas antly surprised at the fhlan cial results ALL MADE MONEY Everyone involved In money he said He estimated Patterson would receive more than $300000 McNeeley more than $125000 and the promoters in excess of $100000 Irving Kahn president of TelePrompTer estimated that total receipts from ancillary rights including theatre TV payTV in homes and radio would total about $1130000 Preliminary reports from about half of the 150 outlets in theatres and arenas in North America indicated they were watched by about 35 per cent of capacity at $470 person This would amount to $700000 if the same ratio persists when all returns are in Pay TV in homes at $2 home would gross about $300 000 and radio and foreign tele vision about $50000 He said the British Broadcasting Cor poration paid $170000 for rights and the CBC which carried the Toronto fight on its transCan ada radio network paid $10 INSTALLED NOW Equipped with sliding doors plate glass minors BUY DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER SIZES TO CHOOSE FROM WALL OPENINGS 1m 2412 1912 27 Only 52LOD Installed Only $2300 Installed says Pilote Were still the team to beat The Hawks tonight take on one of the two teams they hav ent been able to best this sea son the surprising Rangers at New York its the only game scheduled in the league Thursday they mom on to Boston for game against the last place Bruins In other Thursday games Toronto is at Montreal and New York goes to Detroit 3mm SIZE Tubeless 60013 57015 670l5 75014 Tsols 30014 Tube Two runclm Tubeless Tubeless whitewau Tubeless NATION WIDE 4WAY and MANUFACTURING co RR Staynar Phone 492J3 Stayncr Bears Nearing Division Lead By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bob Perreault and Gilles Bole vert combined their goaltending efforts for shutout of Quebec players who received medial treatment during the game Ieit after being hit in the eye by an elbow uttwingcr JeanMarie Cos sette of Quebec dealt Laforge heavy bodychcck in the ace Dnd period and the latter had to be treated for face injury THE BARRIE EXAMINER WEDNESDAY DEC 1961 Dcicnceman Marc Raaumc balsa 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