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ll TUEHARRIH EXAMINER WEDNESDAY DEC SPORTS TYPE by 311sz JONBSCU Sports mm The printed word is beihg proven pretty powerful thing In mot Andy Bathgate or the New York Rangers recently found out it could be quite expensive too Andy was fined $500 by National Eockeyllaengue pre sidcnt for authoring an article about the rough play spenrlng in the circuit Andy singledout players who spearcd and hinted that as result someone might get killed For this he was fined Clarence Campbell was quoted last year as being critical of referee Red storey Storey considered the top referee inilhe game quit Who wzis there to fine Campbell Wasnt his criti cism detrimean to the game If the toprefereels so had what about the rest of them Everyday coaches managers and league officials are saying hockey isnt what it used to be meaning its not as good This is said publicly isnt that hurting the game Its as bad as anything Babhgate had to say The question is however Was Bathgute right If so nhen something should be done to curb spearlug If not the N181 would have been better to have said the story was just rubbish Instead the president fined the player There are thousands of hockey fans who ldollze Bathggte Eels great hockey player Naturally hes controversial We dont think lining the player was the answer Apparently the team manager is responsible for such aroieles How come the larger fine went to Andy Wedont know the answer to the problems of the NHL desplte what dependable letterwriter has to say but wedo not know molly persons who think very highly of Clarence Campbell Hes still NHL prexy The NHL is minus top official someihing they cannot d0 cash without Batbgate ls minus fair chunk lUST NOTES The GreySimcoe Basketball League is going all to pot again Just like clockwork one of the olubsisnt showing for games Orlllie is to blame this year The teams have rest from the schedule until the first week in January Ernie Petrlmoulx manager of the Barrie entry said he was trying to lineup some eichibliiion tilts one with the Toronto Metropolitan Police Force We hope hockey ions everywhere have read the ruckus stirred by Jack McMaster against the Kitchen erewalterloo Dutchmen We have nothing to say about whos right or wrong but lust about McMasters in jury With the New Year just around the corner its time to resolve to use little more of the brains the Good Lord gave you and refrain from hurling Junk on the ice The McMaster incident not only brought permanent injury to the youngster but nowdts stir ring up dirt all because of some trueblue boneheads Ifenough persons are interestedjn taking in the Junior Alister Hockey Game an Guelph January and are not too keen about driving Eld Greer would arrange for bus to be available ilac to the terrific Stanley Cup piayofit trips Mrs Rows of Innisfii Street and AlHampson of Wellington Street were lthe lucky winners of tur keys at the Varcoe Willows Ladies Soiliiball Team annual Turkey Draw Coulson non oouLsou wBarrieleers WestmanTo Handle Tickets The holiday season has yet to bring change in the player but er of BarrieFlyeis but it did produce one in Lhe front office ZJack Westman longtime hockey fan and former irainer of the learn has taken over the handling of the fickelsand pro gram He succeeds Don Gaulson wbo for1l1ree1and half hockeysce sons was business manager of the learn Don club to take upa position with an insurance company Aside from his job as EM of the hockey club Don was book keeper at Emms Electric Minister Wont rum Other Cheek BALTIMORE AP The tough New York Giants will be playing against future minister Sunday in the National Football Lenguechampionship game But dont expecthim to turn the other cheek Dim Shinnick one of mos ing vfrin ol linebackers for Balli more Colts He gained areput tion as moral the hardest iing Baltimore tacklers in his first two years with the pros and this season look on new stature by intercepting sevcnwpesses Next yepr he starts st for the ministry leavmgthe Frances have lhreer children After serving four yearssin the RQAF the Torontoan Wesb man turned to ranchingl for five years in Ottawa before For 13 years Jack has been licensed fishing guide As well asguidmg be nowbas small harbo iaihe eek area at Tel married in and Beverly school teacher iuNew foundland Janet Grade 13 student at Central Collegiate godtValerie Grade 11 stu Efl the sixfoot zaupounder In lbs ministry made my utmost for the Lord iarny own way Shinnick adequately filled in last year at the important middle linebacking spot for injured Dick Szymauski Shinnick then went to the outside right Veteran Bill Pellinglon is on the outside left Even coach Jim Lee Howellof the Giants figures if the Colts have improved anywhere over last year its in their three line backers The Colts With quarterback Johnny Unitas at the helm are slight favorites to capture their second straight crowa Sunday The game starting at pim will be televised by NBC and carried in Canada by CBCTV ray AN examk yvAivr AD cvchluoliy nntio om no coachm and hing Vsays gt THESE All set in swat the ball if it comes their way arc five broomballers of the Winter Carnival Leagues couple BOXING ROTTEN TO THE com BOSTON fAPProlcssinnal boxing is so rollen with gong siors and thieves il should be banned for fivoyear cleanup period says leading con iender for the middleweight crown Paul Ponder threw steaming punches at the sport but l1c says has been good to mc butls cranked lo the core The arliculule29 ycar old Brooklinc fighter meals Sugar Ray Robinson here Jan 22for what is billed in Massachuseth as the worlds middleweight championship be should boxing as ll is conducted today be allowed to exist Ponder asked in an in lervicw with Bud Collins in Tuesdays Herald The public has lost all con fidence in the sport be 53 have loo Recent investigations proved boxing ls rollcn clear through infested with gang stch and thieves lm not illiterate ion trusting like lot ghtcrs Look at Bcau Jack and Johnny Sacion they earned thousands and they wound up broke Even Carmen Basilio an admirable intelligent fellow had to cut mckeleers in on his purses in get good fights Some people parlicularly managerswill regard me as traitor when they read this but the truthjeevident and in escapable Fender said boxing is marvelous sport and can be made just as clean and attrac tive to the public as profes sional baseball lbolball and other sports What was needed was five year suspension period to clean out all shady characters lVlalre Changes Church Hockey mumChallch have been made in the puma Hockey Leagues playoff schedules Collier PeeWeesbavc been set down from their spot as final isls in that class Allanale will now play= Emmanuelst Giles The Squirtchampionshipgame will be between Rangers and Bruins Watcn ior the compleie sched ule andrtimesin the Dec Medi ti bLTbc Examiner may Woni Talk About $500 Fine NEW YORK c9 Andy Balhgaic of New Yo Rangers said Tuesday that he nésnl feel free to talk about the $500 fine levied against him by National Hockey League president Clar ence Campbell as result of magazine article henwrote However be said he won like to be able to make that money back by being selected for ih second allstar team But playing centre ice may hurt my chances added Balb gate who made the first allstar team at right wing last yearl Campbell also announced Mo daynighl that New Yorklgener manager Muzz Patrick hashcen fined $100 as result of the mag azine story regarding alleged hockey brutality ibe articleap peered in the Canadian edition of the magazine and was gliosted by Dave Anderson of the Neanrk JourpalvAmerican Patrick in cbmmenliniton the fine Mondaynigbtvscidr dont like the fine but an lisquawk Every time ge ISl5 acking BROOMSINGERS PLllY VDlllEREN of nights week illesc chaps forgcl the cares of ibe nine to live life and have one heck of time its hard to soy what kind fellow plnys broomball The five picked here are in different profes sions Lcll ioright are Chuck Edward stonccuuerl Bud Lee production manager sparking Royals By THE CANADIAN PRESS Goaltender McNeilsl praclice replacement appears in be paying on or Montreal nous T00 of cosmetics factory Al Thurlow wholesaler Jim Han day small loans manager of bank and John Chrisfim grocer Exanunerlholo Oliver Mikita Shbw AsTop Rookies In NHL By rim CANADIAN races Somebody bad afterthoughis and its Iurning out to be bumper year for National Hockey League rookies after all At the start of the season only two names looked as if they might wind up engraved on the Colder TrophyStan Miklts and Billy Hicke Mikiia still looks like good bet but two players who werent even in the NHL until few weelu ago Bub Kahel and Murray Oliver Iook even boiler Hickc 21 almost was conceded the rookie award the moment he puion an NHL uniform He has yet to show why Last year he scored 41 goals and 97 assists for Rochester Americans of the American League to become the first rookie in the leagues history in win the scoring championship Brought up by Montreal Cana diens this year he has managed only three goals and six assists in 82 games DBSCURE CENTRE Seven games ego NewYork decidedlo try out an obscure centre named Robert Gerald Kabel who had been knocking STAN MlKiTA about in the miners since 1955 Brought up from Vancouver the Western Hockey League be promptly picked up two goals and seven assists to match Hickes scoring record in oneAquarler the number of games Planie UndergOes Few Vision Tests By uncanny kncw but Im sure the mask Caua di an Press SinffW rir doesnt interfere with my vi MONTREAL CPl Jacques Plante pioneer of the face mask for National Hockey League goal ics is to undergo series of vi sion lasts with and without lhe mask Montreal Canadians manage ment decided Tuesday it wants to know for sure through scieu title tests whether the maskin terferes imany way with Plantee vision Planie stoutly maintains it doesnt The decision Maspromptedby the current slump not pariicu Iarly disastrous of the NHL agd Stanley Cup champions Along wilh the slump has been an un usual number of goals scored by the opposition Planie was laid Tuesday by coach Toe Blakefn see the club doctor and make arrangements for the test He seemed pleasedalwut it saidblake DISCUSSES MASK Earlier in the dressing room Plants sat dangling the mask out it ust as well with it on as without it be said it doesnt bother me can see down at my feet just the some Soon after started wearing it found myself do king as be fore Now dont do it so much cantexplam this slump of mine or the teams or whatever 15 With the mask maybe no ht be what you could call hide lazy not intentionally so just dont know have also been playing with slight groin injury Maybe my reflexes arent quite so sharp in using my legs Again dont sion Plante points to the interest of other NHL goalers in the mask Dan Simmons of Boston has been wearing one Marcel Psille of New York plans to use one He added gt hear Glenn Hall IfChicago doesnt wear any kind of face election even in practice Hes fortunate he hasnt had severe injury live hadibolhscbeekbones and my nose broken Do you wonder whyi allufol mask lli mask olfibreglass con sing billsVsnugt riherface miles are cut fot eyes and liioutli Return In an MONTREAL GP Maurice Rocket Richard 33 Montreal canadiens veteran rightwinger said Tuesday he hopes to return to NationalHockey League play around dJanuary Richard first has Dec 28 date with the surgeon to have pin removed from his cheek bone It was inserted to boldthe bone to geiber followings fracture in game at Detroit Nov 26 He hasalreedy resumed skat mg he keeps up the pace the 25 ycnmld Knbel has good chance at ihc cup Oliver 22 cbuldnt make the Detroit Red Wings at the start of ihe season and was shipped of to Edmonton Flyers of the Western League Sixteen games ago the desper ate Red wings gave him another fry He has scored eight goals and assisted on five oibers and is the fourth highest scorer among the rookies Only ChlA cagos Mikita and Billy Hay and New Yorks Ken Schinkcl are ahead of hlmund theyve all played at least 29 games LEADS NEWCDMERS Hay 24 leads lbe newcomers in scoring with five goals and 11 assists in 31 gomcs Schiakel in 29 games with the Rangers has nine goals and five assists Mikiis has six goals and eight assists also in 29 games Mikiia appears to be following the skateiracks of his teammate Babby Hull whlcb means he would miss the rookie award Hull broke into the NHL two years ago at the age of ill and narrowly missed winning the Cal der award which went to Tor ontos Frank Mahovlicb Hull has since developed into one of the leagues most valuable left wings and is currently second in the scoring race Mlkita also is making his NEH debut at 19 He and his team see action tonight when Chicago plays the Rangers in New York intbe only game scheduled LReodyifoWeor sulrrs canwoor fabrics Drums mic 8121 cn TD in mm reg Illl and nu SELECTION COMPLETE STEPHENS MENS WEAR 40 Dunlop st PAE2566 REQUIRED ZSecretoryTreusurer For The BARRIE conclNccnua LTD elngitrahslerred out of Town Present SecretaryTreasurer on Jan 15th Closibgdalofor receipt of applicaiionslo be den 19647 Mail applications tir an sirabane Area BARRKE Ontario Mcrrllt be help to us at Squaw Valley Royals in the Eastern Profcs slonai llockey League hlcNNcil 11 regular Charlie Hodge the weekend be fore lost because the parent Montreal Canadians felt McNeil needed game practice and Hodge rest McNeil did so well in hisfirst couple of gamesscoring shut out in one of ibemIhai be was retained for of least ihc first few gamcs of ihe Royais fivegame rend trlp BRILLIANT PLAY He played ibcfounb game in Rimres coming up with bril ihai trip Tuesday night at Trade llani effortnod his second shuts 23 as Royals blanked the Lions WiihlilcNeil in the net Moat real has last only one of ihclr last Six gamesn 32 decision ai Sault Ste Marie Theyve won three of their our road games and until the start of this tip had won only one awayfrom home conlest against HullOi lnwn early in the season McNeil has allowed 10 gem in flu six games but lrequfiiuy Montreal has been autshot by the opposition as they were last night in TroisRivlercs Montreals win gnv eihe secondplace lie with HulivOtlawo Canadians who lost +3 to Scull Sic Marie Thunderblrds The 500 had been tied for last place with Kingston lronienacs idle Tuede night and now in fifth Dunnies Seek Dick Warwmk KITCHENER CPThc Olym picbound Kitchener Waterloo Dutchmen are trying to sign up Dick Warwick who with broihers Grant and Bill is just completing hockey coaching visit to Po land We hope to be able to cuniact Dick as soon as he arrives manager Ernie 11 said Tuesday understand hes inferesled in playing for us and theres no doubt In my mind that he would ENTER WORLD FINAL BELFAST AmNorthern Ire land decided Tuesday to enter Imamin lhe world soccer cup after all Earlier the 40omember clubs of the Irish Association voted to shun die competition be cause it vasvnccessary to play on Sunday spat Lions SlllL LEAD Sudbury Wolves also idle lead mm minis bciund ihe Idle league with58 poms moni real and HullOllaua have 54 lmisliiviercs 30 Saul 27 and Kingston 25 About 1200 fans walched the game at Troisilivicres where the Lions unleashed blistering attack McNeil He weathered iheir 40 shots wiili spectacular snvcs gelling llitlo support from his icommaics who only fired back at the Lions net Their sec ond goal was scored by Lulu Denis when Lions gnaler Claude Evans had been withdrawn in falt vor of an extra aliackcri Roger Sawicki got the first goal in the opening period Rightwinger Wayne Hicks was the big man ai the Snult He scored goal and two assists for Thunderbirds klllcd all most of their penalties and worked on the power plays The other Scull scorers were Gary Blaine lilllan Marcella and Matt llnvlich HullOiiawa scorers were Jean Claude frcmblay Bob Caurcy and Bob Eflci One of their goals came when they were short banded crowd of more ihab 2100 watched The Thunderbirds broke tic near lhc 15min Lukemark of the final period Mow May all he warming lay of the holiday be yourxl cows SHOE SERVICE 11A Clapperton Si Barrie WWKIKKKKKMIIII thmannmnnmunmmmnauu AND BLE bmnrono if l9 illuppnu fine mummy ant nonparametric mas timerflfijeaewarc our alum wishes to all out friendship babe mare this Christmas and wonderful one for us The Mdnagement and Staff lt Hence moms 51KWKKfWKKKKKKHIHKiKKWflIKWKKKQuidth JUU ll HI SSINGS page Rain