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'NHI. Coaches Broke ARhout Even With Pre-Season Predictions By THE CANADIAN PRESS ish 10 games in front of the Wings. How good are coaches and gen-| Hawks will end is fourth place." 8 THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE, Friday, March 16, 0% | INDUSTRIAL BASKETBALL Purchasing And Prod. Control 'Canadiens Top Hawks; Red Wings Tie Rangers eral managers at National Hockey Score Wins In League Action Industrial Basketball League ac- tion on Tuesday night saw the L - Purchasing Knights win over Ernie #7 Cay's Lumberkings, 40-30, and the Production Control cagers de- feated the Warriors, 68-50. Whitby 8 defaulted their scheduled game | with the Clowns. In the first game, both the 'Knights and Lumberkings opened in cautious style, taking only a few shots and sticking to mid- floor play but.-Cay's came out of| { the quarter with a one-point edge.! During the remainder of the sec- and half, few points were scored in the tight defensive play and| the halfway mark found the score 15-13 for Cay"s. Purchasing opened up in the second half, played better ball and came up with a two-point margin, 4 then in the final quarter, the Knights continued the pressure to increase their lead and cinch the i win. Scott and Salway were tops { for the winners with 12 and eight A respectively while Olynik and Har- ris paced the Lumberkings with 13 gd and six. PURCHASING: Mayer, Scott, 412; Salway, 8; Seeley, 6; Ginger- ich, 5; Kelly, 3; Schuik, 3; Gedge, 2. Fouls: 4 out of '11. ERNIE CAY'S: Bathe, Olynik,! % A "a NADIAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONS gary. Mrs. Miller sidelined Kae Grant of Montreal in three games in the final. McTaggart | This city's representatives in the defeated Bev Westcott of To- lonario 'Minor Hockey Asocia- ronto in two straight games. {tion provincial playdowns, ran (CP Photo) {into "rough weather" at their {bome ice at the Children's Arena |last night when both the Oshawa "City League" Midgets and Ju- v CA Dave McTaggart of Vancou- ver and Jean Miller of Mont- real display the trophies they won as men's and women's sin- gles champs at the Canadian badminton championship in Cal- yur 13; Harris, 6; Whalley, 4; Mat- thews, 4; Armstead, 3. Fouls: 8 out of 15. WARRIORS DOWNED Production Control outplayed and outscored the Warriors all down the line and were nursing a 13- point lead by the end of the first quarter, which was boosted to 18 points by half-time. Warriors improved their attack in the second half with Waldin- sperger setting a nice shooting pace but in the final quarter, de- spite Waldinsperger's continued good play, he was matched by Goddard and Wilson of the Con- trol team. Goddard, Wilson and Foster were all in top form for the winners while Waldinsperger with 20 points and Shields with 14, were best for the Warriors. PROD. CONTROL: Fry, God- dard, 18; Wilson, 18; Foster, 17; Mahalik, 9; McGarry, 6. Fouls: 2 out of 9. WARRIORS: Ballantine, Haiden, MclIntally, Waldinsperger, 20; Shields, 14; Lambert, 8; J. Me- Inally, 4; Zilinsky, 4. Fouls: 8 out of 9. Officials: Dave Kelly, Bill Dell and Don Seeley. Scorer, Gil Gra- ham and timekeepers, Paul Ed- mondson and Bruce Barrett. Oshawa Boys Lose At Home 11.50 . §. Marlberos, White %. Marlboros, Aldis | (Armstrong) {and Morrison. ST. KITTS TOO STRONG By THE CANADIAN PRESS Leafs Sunday in their one remain- After 205 games -- nearly six ing game. That contest may solve months -- three National Hockey everything. League - playoff positions will be decided in a matter of hours. Leafs are batt Bruins for fourth place, the last!the New York marksmen- ling with Boston Thursday night's game didn't re-| playoff position. lieve the situation much. Monireal Canadiens defeated Chicagv biach| Hawks 5-2 in a game that had no| bearing on the standings. In the| big battle for second place, De- |troit Red Wings and New York | Rangers tied 2-2. About all it did| | was make the Rangers' job of over| hauling Wings for the runner-up spot a bit more difficult There are five games left to play in the schedule. Two are Satur- day and the other three Sunday. Here's the way the second-place struggle stands: WLT F A Pts. Detroit 30 23 16 183 146 76) New York 32 26 10 201 193 74| TOUGH ONE SATURDAY Rangers have two games left--| both with Canadiens. They play at Montreal Saturday, where they haven't won this season and have only one win in five seasons. The| teams are at New York Sunday.| Wings entertain Toronto Maple-| Leafs are fifth, one point behind Bruins, but they have two games| left to Boston's one. This is the situation between Tor- onto and. Boston: WELT F A Pls, Boston 23 33 13 145 182 59, Toronto 23 33 12 150 180 58 Chicago visits Toronto Saturday then plays at Boston Sunday. Should Rangers and Leafs lose their games Saturday, New York would need a win Sunday while Leafs defeat Detroit to take over second place. Leafs would need only a tie at Detroit while Boston was losing to| Chicago to ensure themselves of fourth place. A couple of wins by Rangers and Toronto would straighten things out, too. Wings took a 1-0 lead midway through the second period at New York Thursday but Rangers bounced back with two before the period was over. Wings tied it up- Lions Midgets "HOCKEY SCORES, STANDINGS Suffer Season's First Defeat It was predicted a while back that the B'Nai B'Rith Bantams {would be heard from before the| |conclusion of the schedule. On {Monday night, although they didn't win, they came up with a !4reat performance to tie the Ro- 16.10 | tary Club 0-0. In the other two Sat Penalties -- Curry, Davidson|games, Local 222 climbed closer to New York at the top as they 'eked out a close 4-3 decision over Kinsmen while midway through the third. Bill Dineen and rookie Norm Ull-| man scored for Detroit. Danny Lewicki and Dean Prentice were! A crowd of 11,278 watched the game. Jean Beliveau scored Canadiens' final goal against Hawks to break the record for most goals by a centre in one season. It was his 45th tally and erased the former mark which Joe Malone set in the 1917-18 di Leag Nearly right on the first count. ue predictions? Let's have a Dead wrong on the second Before the 1955-56 campaign ALMOST CALLED IT started just about every club offi- King Clancy, coach of Toronto cial figured his team would make| Maple Leafs: "I'm looking for 20 a Stanley Cup playoff position. goals each from Tod Sloan, George look Somebody had to be wrong, of course. Only four of the six teams get into post-season play, ere are a few comments made at the beginning of the 70-game grind: Lynn Patiict general manager Left winger Bert Olmstead as- sisted on Beliveau's goal. It was his second assist of the night and tied the league mark of 55, set by Ted Lindsay of Detroit in 1950-51. The other Montreal scorers were Dickie Moore, Don Marshall, Ber- nie Geoffrion and Olmstead. Eddie Litzenberger scored both Chicago goals. Canadiens lost Maurice Richard late in the first period when he tumbled into the Chi net and had to be assisted from the ice. Five stitches were taken in a cut in his head, back of the left ear, and the Rocket was taken to hos- pital for x-rays. By THE CANADIAN PRESS National League I WLT F A Pts. 9% 76| 24| 50 Montreal Detroit New York Boston Toronto Chicago | 9 11 151 213 47 Thursday's Results |Detroit 2 New York 2 {Chicago 2 Montreal 5 | urday's Games Montreal Chicago at Toronto | Sunday's Games tied 2-2) OHA Intermediate C Minden 6 Bobcaygeon 11 (Minden leads best - of - seven group final 3-1) OHA Junior B Brampton 7 Woodbridge 1 (Brampton leads best -o f - five! | group semi-final 2-0) | OHA Intermediate B Durham 7 Dresden 4 f (Durham leads best-of-seven in- ter-group playoff 1-0) Delhi 6 Port Dover 9 (Port Dover leads best-of-seven oup final 3-2) l of B ruins: "I'd say New York Rangers will make the play- offs. They're a better team than they were last year." He was right. Rangers are third, assured of a playoff spot and with a chance to grab second place before the regular schedule winds » deat Sunday. Patrick wouldn't do an uessing o Bruins ye € vi Ws SKINNER WRONG Jim Skinner, coach of Detroit Red Wings: "I keep looking for a weak link, the spot where things aren't going as they should, and it simply isn't showing up." Wrong. A bit of weakness showed later. The Wings failed for the first time in eight seasons to win the league crown. They now are second, 19 points behind Montreal Canadiens. Jack Adams, Detroit general manager: '"'This is my kind of team- We'll be stronger than ever because we're fortified at every position.'" Wrong, unless the other teams are that much stronger. Dick Irvin, | Armsire | ng and Dick Duff. That means 60 goals." Clancy got more than 60. But all three haven't hit the 20-goal mark, Sloan has 37, Armstrong 15 and Duff 15. Toe Blake, Canadiens coach; "1 expect Maurice Richard, Bernie Geoffrion amd Jean Beliveau to score 130 goals among them." Canadiens have two games left | and the Montreal trio has amassed 107 goals Even Blake couldn't be unhappy about that, though. Milt Schmidt, coach of Boston | Bruins: "Every winter we have to break our backs to make the Stanley Cup playoffs, This year I hope we can do some winning in those early games and have the pleasant experience of watching some of the other teams trying to catch us." It's still the same old story. Bruins now are im fourth Le with one game to play. Leafs are one point behind and have two games Teit- | REMEMBER WHEN . .. | Frank McCool, Toronto Maple | Leaf goalie, was named winner of !the Calder trophy as the outstand- ing rookie of the year in the na- |tional Hockey League 11 years ago | today. The Calgary sports writer, coach of Chicago/then 26, had turned in four shut- Black Hawks: "Montreal will fin-'outs in 48 games. MENTP aya Visit To... JOHN SACHY'S SAVE DOLLARS -- on that -- NEW SPRING OUTFIT! See Our Big Selection of , . , ® Suits! ® Topcoats! ® Sport Coats ® Slacks ® Windbreakers ALL AT HALF THE PRICE Lions lost their first game of the 5cason, bowing to Kiwanis 5-3. B'NAI B'RITH, 0; ROTARY, 0 [Chicago at Boston The score itself indicates just Quebec League what kind of a game this was.| Montreal 0 Quebec 1 The two goalies, Topping = for| Shawinigan Falls 2 Chicoutimi 4 {B'Nai B"Rith and McMillan for] Atlantic Coast Senior Montreal at New York veniles dropped the opening | St. Catharines' Juveniles, lon g Moutreal at New > games of their OMHA semi - final power in this division of the| rounds, before a good turnout of MHA playdowns, once again as-| interested hockey fans. serted their superiority as they topped the good Oshawa Juvenile 1s T3RLEOROS, T0000 ot team 5-2 in a game that produced game, Toronto Marlboros won 6-12 lot of hockey action. | Rotary earned their shutouts as! Amherst 0 Saint John 5 to take a clean-cut five-goal lead| The homesters had a better|they hoth had to make some fine, (Saint John leads best-of-nine into the return,game of this home-|share of the play than the score saves. final 4-1) |ard-home series, when they out-|indicates but poor shooting and| g.ouine of shutouts up until| Western Junior gore had only been one| Regina 6 Lethbridge § that being had by H. played the Oshawa All-Stars in the [failure to "cash in" on good op- oth |second and third periods of a portunities resulted in their low Moilay, gis mibridgeS i NHL SCORES last night didn't do much to clear up the traffic ; Thutont ! gina aa ig Mills, on a three-way play with| St. Kitts took a 2-1 lead at the | played Feb. 20. Now ay lei International Lea, |keen tussle. total. conjestion that exists at the moment, in the race for playoff berths. Cockerion and' Wills, put the Osh- end of 'the first 3 8 gue 4 re ' period, Croupe|goalies fi: ti 1 Hawks, sure of the cellar spot, 5-2. Only special news in this one clock had reached the tio TD get the lone Oshawa tally notched fore the playoffs, they will really Stamford 3 Dundas 2 i he Habs as a team, [ute mark but after that the Marl- by Tureski. have to be on their toes. (Stamford leads best -of-seven was that Jean Beliveau boosted hig total and the Habs as *|boro back - checkers and stout| 1p the second stanza, Gradesky| Bob Wright, who has had his| (Stamford leads best - of - seven moved within one goal of setting a new season's goal record. In the defence gave Stary goalie Wilson |and Croupe sored for the VISItors (best seas stil' comtinag Pf viagara district final 31) other game last night, Detroit Red Wings earned a 2-2 tie with the | great port 38 A jo BB again. [oe pvincn, i Cullen's. pass, show the way up front while Jim Kingston 3 Cornwall § N.Y. Rangers so that leaves the Wings still two points ahead of Playing a rugged type of hock- ping. ew pa 3 ER Ev o8 defense] (Gost of seves group sess) fing) Rangers in the scramble for second place. Saturday night finds ey, 'the visitors drew down nine 16 the. thing pitivd, lay fouh- inkyid 4, ih. FING Hawks in Toronto and Rangers in Montreal. If the home teams Win | senalties to only one for Oshawa ,.q up a little as the pole Although the GMC line wot these two games, the stage will be set for Sunday night's final hut even when short-handed, the (irq under the continued pressurelintact this week through Danny games of the schedule with tension at highest possible pitch. Suappy Fiisgos qos Bhi Trey 20d while the Oshawa Stars made Gray's absence, the rest of the T in 3 Paisley 7 (Paisley wins best-of- I fe les seven group ™" SPORTS MENU "Everything from Soup to Nuts" by Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITOR OHA Junior D Brooklin 6 Gananoque 4 | (Brooklin leads best - of - seven| | semi-final 1-0) HOCKEY'S BIG 7 By THE CANADIAN PRESS Barring some phenomenal sniping elsewhere, Jean Beliveau of Montreal has wrapped up his first National Hockey League scor- ing title. By the same token he has the top goal production in his pocket, Joo, | e g Montreal centreman bore down Thursday against Chi- cago for a goal and an assist--his 45th and 40th respectively--for 85 Sols Aud oF Sox point lead over oit's e Howe, Ca have two games left. Hoes KIWANIS, 5; LIONS, 3 Lions Club, after gol six games without a loss, were finally beaten as Kiwanis, led by Marty| Howe, Oshawa's "City League" teams, representatives of the Osh- awa Minor Hockey Association in Ontario Minor Hockey Asso- ciation playoffs, didn't fare so well here at home last night as |rapped in two goals in the sec-| ond period to take the lead and |then had it all their own way in |the final frame, scoring four goals a good showing in their fight to get back in the running, they just| couldn't click for goals. St. Kitts ac'ded one more to conclude the the semi-final rounds got under way. The classy Toronto Marl- night's scoring, Gradesky getting line did all right for themselves. Jack Cole came up with three im- portant goals that not only paved the way for his team's win but, brought him up to within two Cullen, scored a 5-3 win. Although Lions still lead the league, they lost a glorious chance to almost cinch' the championship. meanwhile, ess. | The Leaders: | Beliveau, Montreal Howe, Detroit went point; G A Pts, | 1 YOU'D PAY ELSEWHERE! without a reply, as the Oshawa boys faded under the torrid pace. TORONTO MARLBOROS --goal, Wilson; defence, White and Mor- rison; forwards, Osborne, Curry and Wegiel; alts., Davidson, Aldis, | Armstrong, Quance, Maxey and Abbott, sub-goal. OSHAWA STARS -- goal, Kelly; defence, Barriage and Miklas; forwards: Wills, Mills and Cock- |erton; alts., Taylor, Frolick, Chas- {czewski, Sneddon, Nicholishen, Gray, Disacy and MoMillan euh.ison. |goal. |FIRST PERIOD 1.58| 1. St. Catharines, Croup Quance,| 2. Oshawa, Tureski .... 3. St. Catharines, Campbell (Bishop, Gradesky) No penalties. 2.51 SECOND PERIOD . St. Catharines, Gradesky wi (Bishop) ............... 'e| 5. St. Catharines, Croupe ...11.55 | 6. Oshawa, Wilson (Cullen) 15.10 | Penalty, Edwards. 4 15 THIRD PERIOD 7. St. Catharines, Gradesky (Bishop, Campbell) Penalties Sprager (2) House. Olies © SPORTS CALENDAR SATURDAY MARCH 17 8:45 Oshawa Mercantile All-Stars Jake Shaw's A's OSHAWA - MERCANTILE LEAGUE FINALISTS In Aid Of Injured Players Fund BOWMANVILLE ARENA Adults - 50c Children - 25¢ | OZiectes I BREWING _COMPANY _LIMITED They will have to go all out in|M. Richard, Montreal their next game, as they play Lo-|Olmstead, Montreal cal 222, who are just one point|Bathgate, New York behind. Sloan, With just two wesks left this Ci could prove to e most im-|Rejbel, portant game of the year. bel, Detroit Delves, Cullen, Disney, Nichol-| ishen and Lemon were the lamp- lighters for the Kiwanis team. Mc- Crimmon and Lawson two oals, were the scorers for the jons Club. his second. ST. CATHARINES -- goal, Sen- nott;- defence, Shill and Asaulou- ian; forwards, Eurce, Croupe and House; alts., Secord, Edwards, {Andres, Campbell, Gradesky, Bis- shop, Smith and Denny. OSHAWA -- goal, Melnick; de- fence, Sprager and McMahon; forwards, Payne, Lawrence and Woods; alts., Tureski, McDonald, Germond, Cullen, Shaw, Cole, Wil- Westfall and Fielder, sub- points of taking over the scoring leadership. Paul MacAvoy, the other part of the GMC line, picked up two well- earned assists. Although Cole got three goals, it.was Miklas who, for the first time this year stayed out of the penalty box and scored What proved to be the winning goal. Brawn, Wills and Mills were the marksmen for Kinsmen. =BEST QUALITY STOVE OiL ® Prompt Delivery! Dial RA 5-1109 : VIGOR OIL CO. LTD. | 78 BOND ST. W. OSHAWA ll li aT tk mH bores, with a roster of selected prospects, whipped the Oshawa Midgets 6-1. In the Juvenile "A" semi-final, St. Catharines de- feated the Oshawa Juveniles 5-2. This means that the local lads are trailing by that many goals, in each instance, for their re- turn games of these home-and-home playoff series, However, even if the prospects are not too bright, the Oshawa boys should have no regrets for they have made a very fine showing this season, under trying conditions. JOHN SACHY 32 BOND ST. EAST EET YT BuNannes 22222338 "8 --- BRIGHT BITS: -- Denny Linton, Oshawa five-pin trundler who represents this Oshawa-Peterborough section in the Molson's Classic men's singles championnips, curreiily unacr way at tha Snorts- men's Show in Toronto, continues to make a very good showing . WILLIE CASANOVA, well.remembered by Oshawa baseball fans as the starry centre-fieler for St. Thomas Elgins, has returned to, 1. organized professional ranks of the N.Y Yankee chain, going to Binghampton, in Class "A" Eastern League, come May 1st FARL ALEXANDER of Tunis, former governor-general of Canada, came up with quite an idea this week, didn't he ? He suggests that since Russia's athletes are practically "civil servants" with 'sport as their livelihood, the rules for Olympic Games play should be eas- ed up and professionals permitted to compete . . . CARMEN BASI- LIO., who lost his world's welterweight title to Johnny Saxton Wed- nesday night, on a decision which was loudly booéd by the fans, says he'll never fight in Chicago again. He has lost three fights there--however, word now is that if he wants a rematch with Sax- ton, he can have it--but the bout will be in Chicago . . . BROOKLYN Dodgers got beat again yesterday, they must be saving up for the real league schedule MONTREAL ROYALS are expecting their star Rocky Nelson to be a holdout for better contract terms . PLAYOFF MADNESS is beginning to run wild like an epidemic again, up Barrie way. "Hap" Emms' Flyers oygted K-W Canucks and that was an upset. Now the Flyers take on St. Mike's, who * ousted Guelph Bitlmores. It'll be a lively series too ! | | goal. 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