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|FOR THE SAKE OF EARLY MISCHIEF BRINGS HOME THE BACON MONEY OTTAWA (CF; -- CBC Presi- dent J. Alphonse Ouimet has suggested that representatives of each club in the Big Four Football Union meet him to discuss the future of Canadian football as it pertains to tele- vision. By the future, Mr, Ouimet said he means from 1963 on be- cause the CBC, outbid by priy- ately owned CFTO-TV Toronto for televasting rights to Big Four games for this year and next, is out of the eastern pro football picture until then, The CBC president made his proposal to Joe Wright, presi- dent of Toronto Argonauts, in a letter dated May 1 and made public Thursday, Mr, Ouimet said neither the Big Four nor John Bassett, pub- lisher of the Toronto Telegram, which owns a majority ewner- ship in CFTO - TV, should be surprised if "Mr, Bassett"s gam. track in 1:30:5 with Commar- Gomez up, paid $3.70 for a ble" in successfully bidding fer Winner of Thursday's fourth race at Torento's Old Wood- bine for 4-year-olds and up, Early Mischief ran the 1-mile of money and effort into pro- meting public interest in foot ball from coast to coast with the hope it would became a na- tional sport like hockey. The Grey Cup game's present sta- tus had been "aceomplished only because a national net work was willing to spend the time, money and effort to preo- mote such an interest." HAVE LOST RIGHTS "Now, at a time when the football clubs are embarking on an interlocking schedule be: tween east and west--and thus at a time when a truly nationa network is needed to cover foot- ball more than ever--we find that we have lost the rights to Big Four coverage." (A CBC spurce said the ques- tion of TV coverage of inter- locking games of the Big Four and the Western Interprovincial Union remains undecided, The football clubs themselves would have to agree on coverage ar- rangements, and since the CBC owns TV rights for the west and TV Outlook Poor For Football Fans CPIO-TY Toronto these for the east, have te be some arrangement between the two TV facilities.) Mr, Ouimet' said in his letter he did not wish to reflect a' |'crying over spilt milk' atti: ude, "But 1 do most sincerely be- lieve that in the long-range in- terests of the public, the foot- ball clubs and television broad- casters that it would be most beneficial if we could arrange to meet even informally with you (Mr. Wright) and your col- leagues to discuss the future." Copies of the letter were sent to the presidents of the other three Big Four clubs, In a statement in Toronto, John Bassett, chairman of CFTO-TV, said "I don't know what he (Mr. Ouimet) means when he says the football con- ference and I should not be sur- prised if what he ealls my 'gamble' does not pay off com- pletely. there would ultimately|fully "The football games will be sponsored and CFTO w get two other out of football whereas the CBC never got more one. First, there would be the tele vising of actual games, The second would be a half- hour weekly Jrogrem collected from highlign made up of ed- ited tapes of most dramatic mo- ments in the previous week's games, The third would be a full hour tape breadcast in certain geo: Programs ical areas of a previoys|in grap) week's game. "As to interlocking sched ules," Mr. Bassett said, "I wrote to Mr Jim Finks of the Calgary team confirming that as far as CFTO is concerned the CBC could pick up the in- terlocking games played in the east and send them back to viewers in Wegtern Canada without accprding to CFTO the same privilege. "Even this offer was re. fused." ill|tarie for Lig und, year Columbia Lions May Produce | Brother Act VANCOUVER (CP) = Columbia Lions may Tart the Western Foot season with twe com- binations. Th e team announced ft has Li i: Ll 195- 1 Who is ro Cornwi ther of Kent halfback ala Hh wnt en inch, Timmins, years of intercollegiate ball at Queen's University. He was rec- ommended to the Lions by Juan Sheridan, Queen's coach, Matymish was the most valu. able player in the No On- tario High Schoel Foot As. sociation in 1056-57. He attended Colorado College where he played linebacker. YOUNG SKIER TROIS-RIVIERES, oy (AP) Albert Delamarre, 19, the 1961 eastern TV rights '"does not pay oft completely." The CBC had put a great deal ia second and Para third. | $2.00 win ticket. Early Mischief, with jockey | --(CP Wirephoto) ISPORTS MENU By Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITOR 'Everything From Soup To Nuts' LACROSSE Ramblers Win Upset Whitby Takes Opener THE WEATHERMAN hasn't been too co-operative te the loeal softball clubs, who have been striving to get their 1961 season under way. Several games have been rained out this week, including a couple last night, Nearly all have been of the exhibition variety but still very important to the clubs concerned, since all mana- gers and coaches like to have a couple of stern "practice games" under their belts before they launch off in the season's schedule. And for the Oshawa and District Soft- ball Association teams, launching date is next Tuesday evening, with a doubleheader called for Alexandra Park, starting at 6:30 o'clock. As a matter of fact, with a strong four-team loop, the City and District Association has planned doubleheaders for their season's policy--a twin- bill at Alexandra Park each Tuesday and Thursday night of the week, with a twilight game at 6:30 o'clock and a floodlight game following. In between, on Wednesday nights, Oshawa Tony's will be playing their home games in the Toronto Beaches Major Fastball League schedule. This makes for a solid mid-week softball program for Oshawa sports fans and with the added attraction of inter-city league games with Peterborough teams, the City and District 'Assac, fully expects the biggest season they've had since their hey-day years of the 40's, A GOLF DISPUTE that could wind up at serious proportions, is beginning te build up. Seems that the Professional Golfers Association makes contracts with various tournaments in which PGA is a co-spenser and this means that if their top performers don't show up for one of their sponsored teurnaments (this weuld hurt gate receipts, of course) then the PGA has the right to both fine and suspend offending players, Current issue is the Memphis Open, June 1-4 which eomes en the same dates as the annual Canada Cup matches in Puerto Rice, the same week-end, Gary Player wants and says he's going to play with his South African part- ner, 22-year-old Retief Waltman, the Seuth African sensation who eliminated Bobby Locke and Hareld Hen- ning in the 8.A. Open Champoinship event this year. Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead are the defending champions and Snead, net being a tourney winner up to the deadline, isn't affected but Palmer is--yet he says he's going into the Canada Cup event with Sammy. Stan Leenard of Canada is another, who intends to team up with Al Balding in the Puerte Rico feature, The fine can be $500.00 and suspension six months--but as Sam Snead peints out--the "boys" can pick up more than $500.00 during that six-month suspension by put- ting en exhibition appearances. And one other major facter seems very evident -- it might be tough on Memphis tournament officals -- but other subsequent teurnaments will not want to have Player and Palmer-- By THE CANADIAN PRESS |Canada, It was the first lacrosse Frank Benedict, a diminutive The Ontario Lacrosse Associa- contest he ever watched. {Scobie, suffered a broken nose tion Thursday officially opened SLOWED THEM lin the scuffle with Cercoran. its senior and junior season as| The Port Credit game was a/Bud Smith of the Scobies and last year's Mann Cup champion|200d display for the senator,/Chuck Martin of the A's re- Port Credit Sailors were upset | Rugged checking by the Ram-|ceived 10-minute penalties for a by Brampton Ramblers 8-6, |blers slowed the Sailors fast|punching bout, In other senior A action. St {running play and gave Bramp-| PACES ATTACK : Catharines Athletics edged "Nia. | ton the lead through most off In Whithy, Gord Holliday gara Falls Scobies 11-10 in a the game, paced the Redwings' attack LITTLE LEAGUER LOVED BASEBALL TEMPLE CITY, Calif, (AP) Barry Babcock, nine-year-old little leaguer who "loyved base- ball more than anything in life," was killed by a ball that struck him on the chest. He was hit by a pitched ball --a slow curve, said Al Mill- ham, the plate unpire. The game in this Los An. geles suburb Wednesday night was Barry's third as left fielder in his first season of little league ball. His father, Jack Babcock, a sales representctive, thought the wind was just knocked out of the boy. "But he was dead," the father told reporters. "I guess it was just a freak accident." i : Bob Dobbie picked up four with a hat-trick and John Davis Yi e onke 9 Which sont to play- goals for Brampton with singles added two, Ken Ross and Lorne | o pila, : _ |going to Barry Ashbee, Wayne Campbell each scored one, Ed Junior A action started In Thompson, Bert Naylor and Bill |Hutzel and Doc Holyday scored Whitby as the defending East- {for the losers. ern Canada champion Whitby |Castator. ker, 19, Grade 13 student at SETS RECORD TORONTO (CP) -- Steve Ba- League Happy James Gladstone, Canada's | Pete Ruse all scoring singles. first Indian senator, represented | In Niagara Falls, a bitter see-|the final period, the prime minister at the offi-|saw battle developed just before| Senior action continues Wed- cial season opening of Canada's the midway mark and after four nesday as For the losers, Bob Hanna, Redwings flashed to a 7-2 win ,laving his first Port Credit|the first period and matched over Long Branch Castrolites in|game "scored a hat-trick, with|goals with the losers in the sec- a fast, cleanly contested game. George Apaski, Bill Allen and| ond to lead 7-1 with Long |Branch scoring the lene goal of suburban New Toronto High School, set a Canadian inter- scholastic javelin throw record of 209 feet in the annual Tor- onte District Interscholastic Ath- letic Association track and field finals Thursday. He bettered his own mark of 197 feet 214 inches Whitby built up a 6-0 lead in Brampton meets {separate clashes, Athletics"|Brooklin Hillerests in Whithy, playing coach Norm Corcoran | Junior action resumes tonight required 30 stitches to close a/as Fergus visits Hastings in a forehead gash, |four-point game. national game in Port Credit. The brought of good will and promised to encourage the game throughout set last Wednesday in a re- gional Richview Collegiate wen the meet championship. preliminary. Toronto's False Step Breaks Apmat's Sweep | YONKERS, N.Y. (AP)---False Step, an eight-year-old stallion from New Zealand, won the $50,000 National Championship Pace at Yonkers Racewa | | y By ED WILKS | but they shifted the standings a Thursday night. Apmat, winner, Associated Press Staff Writer bit. The Tigers' loss shaved of the first two races of the in-| From the very start this has|their lead over the idle New ternational series, finished been a strange season in the York Yankees to 4l3 games. fourth. American League, newly ex-|And Kansas City moved into the In ending Apmat's bid for a panded to 10 teams. These new|first division at .500 while drop- clean sweep of the series, False Oddities went into the record|Ping the Twins into a third- Step finished a length ahead of Thursday: {place tie with Cleveland. Wash- the American - owned Bye Bye| 1. Reliever Ryne Duren tied|In8ton at Baltimore was post- Byrd. Mr. Budlong was third.|a major league record and be, PORed because of cold weather. The time was 3:07 4-5 for the|came the first American| NO games were scheduled in mile and one-half, 3 2-5 sec- League pitcher in 45 years to|the National League. : onds off the world record for strike out four batters in one/ Duren, the ex-Yankee fire the distance. The winner, alinning--but because of it he was|baller, hit the record beok and [strong favorite, returned $5.20 charged with his third defeat/t00k the loss in the seventh 1i- [$3 and $2.60. as Chicago White Sox beat Los|ning at Los Angeles when the Angeles Angels 6-4, |Sox broke a 4-4 tie and scored FIGHTS LAST | 2. The slugging Detroit|? pair of unearned runs. The NIGHT |apart sprawling Memorial Sta- a row, | Duren struck out Minnie Mi- i Duren Ties Record To Lose On Errors Washington Senators did it in 1911 and Guy Morten of Cleve: land in 1916. RICE PEPPERS FENCE 2-2 tie in the second with a twe- run homer off Sox starter Billy Pierce. And he came elose to belting a second homer, off win- ning reliever Frank Baumann. Rice's sixth-inning drive hit the top rail of the fence and dropped back for a double, just four hits in cozy Fenway Tigers, after practically ripping loss was the Angels' seventh in {dium in Baltimore, managed {By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Park at Boston and suffered their first shutout of the sea. noso leading off the seventh, then fanned Roy Sievers, who reached first when the third Jim Bunning on a single by Rice had given the Angels 2 To Cut By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Those wandering Marling -- from Miami to San Juan to Charleston, W. Va. --try again tonight to find a home and make it stick when they play their first International League game under Charleston eelors| against Jersey City. The erstwhile San Juan team, which played in Miami last year and was transferred Wednesday from Puerto Rico, moves into an area which last year sup- ported an American Association ball elub that went defunet when the AA became a six- team league this season. However, the city has given the Marlins a $1 a year rental plus all the concession money for its 5,000-plus capacity ball park. And the fans will have a team to support that is enly| one-half game out of first place in the IL. The rest of the league, in which Jersey City béat Colym-| bus 8-5 in the only game played Thursday night, also feels it will benefit finaneially, The big- gest reason given for the club's transfer from the Caribbean was the almost-prohibitive cost eof YESTERDAY'S STARS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hitting == Marv Throneberry, As, batted in all of Kansas City's runs, three with a hom» run and other with an eighth- inning single, in 4-3 vietery over ins. Pitching ~ Gene Conley, Red Sox, handed first-place Tigers first shutout eof season, giving up just four singles, walking twe and striking out six for 1-0 vie- tory. Costs air travel and the correspond: ing decrease in visiting club's share of gate receipts because of low attendance, League president Tommy Ri- chardson said the Cuban crisis has caused an economic squeeze on the Puerto Rican economy and that most of the people could not afford the admission prices, Jersey City took advantage of three errors for three unearned runs and added four more runs against loser Tom Parsons. Quebec junior ski - jumping champion, died here W day, Delamarre, ene eof mest promising jum in Que- bec, won several tournaments last winter. T LFING] UXBRIDGE GOLF OOURSE OPEN EVERY DAY Ve mile Kast of Uxbridge on Hig! 1,00 hway 47. SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS PER PAY .........\» eer SPECIAL | SPRING TV TUNE-UP 4 Time to check your set and make sure you see oll the ball offer] games this year! Take Clean the Front Gloss Clean the Tuner ALL AT LOW PRICE OF ..., PAI Work age eof this GOOD TILL JUNE 1st ONLY. © Check All Tubes, including Picture Tube Set Up All Picture Controls THE LOW, ere. TB Done by Professional Technigians tes of Ry | ds ® AUTHORIZED ZENITH DEALER WILLIAMS Electronics 1218 SIMCOE NORTH SALES & SERVICE RA 5.2905 The Tigers, after walloping 42 hits for 20 runs in three games|] at Baltimore, i..cuaged nothing but singles off long Gene Con- ley. who walked just two and struck out six in his first complete game The ex-Phillic; righthander, had lost three in a row, n the American I rague. | Boston scored in the fifth off| Pete Runnels and a double by! Don Buddin. Throneberry blasted his fifth home run of the season in the ser.01d inning off ¥aat. Then he sent home the clincher in the Los Angeles -- Tony Herrera, 10 "| strike got past eatcher Del Rice 126, Los Angeles, outpeinted Ir- J % for a passed ball. Jim Landis' ish Johnny Cate, 125, San Fran.| 3. Lefthanded hitter Marv | triple broke the tie, and after cisco, 10. Throneberry, dropped to eighth|y, C, Martin struck out, Landis McKeesport, Pa, -- Freddie In the batting order against came in on a single by Sherm Martinevich, Pittsbu r gh, out.|Southpaw staretr Jim Kaat,|Jollar before "uren whiffed the two big attractions of the 1961 season--under sus- pension when they put on their own event--so they may all team up to convince the PGA that a suspension | is too drastic, From this distance, it does seem that some- bedy (in this case, Memphis) had to suffer by being scheduled on the same dates as the Canada Cup event. But the tournaments need the "name golfers" and we feel that tournaments yet-to-come will be fighting to let Player and Palmer, and the others--de what they want regards playing in the Canada Cup event--with- out penalty of suspension. A fine--that's only money-- that can easily be replaced on the expense sheet! SPORTS BRIEFS: Paul Pender and Terry Downes have signed for a world's middleweight championship bout in Londen, July 11 . . . SPORTSMEN of promin- ence, mostly hockey and harness racing men, were very much in evidence at T. P. Gorman's funeral service, in Ottawa yesterday 'CARRY BACK', the herse that wen the Kentucky Derby, is new insured for a millen dellars--and needless to say, it is not for sale . +. AVELINO GOMEZ rode four winners at Old Woed- bine yesterday and the "punters" whe like to bet the jockey, rather than the horse, are starting to pile it in, on Gomez, every time he's out . , TORONTO VARSITY may enter a team in the Big Four Junior Conference Rugby group this season, along with Oshawa Imps, Burlington, Balmy Beach, Scarbore, Lakeshore Bruins, Invictus and possibly Nerth York and an entry from Hamilton . . . WHITBY RED WINGS opened their 1961 OLA Junior season in fine style last night, with a convineing 7-2 victory over the Leng Branch Junior lacrossers, Fans Drop Off Only 1,160 attended, com. night Wednesday. {pointed Dick Diveronica, Syra- drove in all of Kansas City's Sammy Esposito, eighth with a single off re- pared with 2.830 on the opening runs, three with a homer, in a| Four National League pitch- 43 victory over Minnesota ers had struck eut four men in Twins, one inning previously, but Du. These were the only games ren was only the third to de t played in the majors Thursday,'in the AL. Walter Johnson of |cuse, N.Y,, 10. Lightweights. CAL'S COACH lier .r Ed Palmaquist, first complete game of the year He allowed seven hits, one a heme run by Bob Allisen. Ray Herbert won with his | LIKES 'EM LEAN BERKELEY, Calif. (AP)-- | Jim Lemmon, a fellow who BASEBALL SCORES AND STANDINGS picks his oarsmen right out of the registration line at the | University of California, is es- tablishing another great crew dynasty Cal's Golden Bears, Navy and Cornell are the only un- defeated varsity crews in the nation Lemmon, 41, is in his see- ond season as Cal's head coach after 12 years as an as- sistant to the legendary who won three Olympics in six tries. The Bears captured the Intercollegiate Rowing Assoei- ation Regatta on Lake Onon- daga at Syracuse, NY. last year How does Lemmon pick his oarsmen? Right off the registration lines," he declares. "Hardly anyone has ever rowed com. petitively before they come to college. 1 look for long, lean guys who aren't afraid of competition -- kids who stand By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) New York (Turley 3.2) at| American League Cleveland (Perry 2-2) (N) W L Pet, GBL| Kansas City (Rakow 0-0) at 2310 607 -- [Minnesota (Kralick 8.1) (N) 16 12 415 | Chicage (Shaw 3-1 and Seore| 16 14 515 (1-1 or Baumann 1-2) at Los An-| 16 14 3% geles (McBride 2-2 and Moeller 1313 615 (0-2) (N) 15 16 7 Washington 15 17 7% lat Balti 13 18 8 Detroit {New York Cleveland Minnesota Kansas City |Baltimore Washington {Chicago {Boston 1217 414 9 {Los Angeles 919 32111% American League Kansas City 030000010. 4 90 Minn. 100000110 3 71 Herbert (3-2) and Sullivan; Katt (1-3) Palmquist (7) Moore |and Battey. HRs: KC-Throne- International League {berry (5); Minn:Allison (8). Columbus 020021000. 5 93 Detroit 000 000000 - 0 40 Jersey City. 110409 02x- 8102 Boston 00001000x- 1 50, Parsons, Lamabe (4) Olivo) Bunning (2.44) Fox (8) and|(f) McBean (8) and Leppert; | Brown; Cenley (2-2) and Nixon.|Monroe, Ayon (5) and Kravitz. | Chicago 202000200 6100 National League Los Angeles 020002000 4 91 Standings une hanged from | Pierce, Baumann (6) (2-2) and Wednesday |Lollar; Kline, Duren (7) (0-3) Thursday's Results more (Hoeft 0-1) (N) Games Saturday New York at Cleveland Detroit at Boston Washington at Baltimore Kansas City at Minnesota (Only games scheduled). National League No games scheduled 448 {Columbus (Sturdivant 2-2) San Juan | Rochester {Jersey City |Richmond | Buffalo {Toronto {Syracuse rain, Games Saturday St. Louis at Chicago Pittsburgh at Phila. (N) For far Milwaukee at Cincinnati Los Angeles at San Fran. International League W L Pet. GBL 14 8 636 -- 1611 593 4 1310 565 1% | 1210 545 I 1412 538 1113 .458 915 375 818 .308 Thursday's Results Toronto at Buffalo ppd, rain. Syracuse at Rochester ppd, | Columbus § Jersey City 8 { (Only games scheduled) Games Today i Rochester at Toronta (N) | Syracuse at Buffalo (N) I Columbus at Richmond (N) Jersey City at Charleston (N)| Games Saturday RASS SEED thicker growth MASTER Exclusive "Green Gro- Koted" process gives you a more luxuriant carpet of healthy, deep-rooted grasses. Available in four different lawn blends, each best for its purpose. BIRDS DO NOT EAT IT READILY Available At . . . Rochester at Toronte (N) Syracuse at Buffale (N) Columbus at Richmond (N) | Jersey City at Charleston (N)! American Association about 6-foot-1 and weigh about 165 pounds, "Then we lern if they're interested in the competitive pressure. There isn't anything {Morgan (8) and Rice. HRs: No games scheduled. |LA-Riee (1). Probable Pitchers Today | Thursday's Results Les Angeles (Drysdale 3-2) at Detroit 0 Boston 1 San Francisco (Marichal 2-1)! N) Long shots paid handsomely in the third, when Favenian On 2nd. Night Of Sulky Race [ores me @ 0 vin a YOUR ONE-STOP GARDEN CENTRE LONDON, Ont. (CP) = At./to shew, tendance and betting d The daily double, coupling sharply on the second night of{Irish Rose in the first and Miss harness racing at the Western| Del LaSalle in the second, paid Fair Raceway Thursday night,|$26.90. The quinella, featyring rain before the paid a slim $6.80. "Once you're bit by the bu, probably as a result of heavy|irish Rese and Colleen Fleet, you're never the same "din Washington at Baltimore ppd, |( | old. Pittsburgh (Friend 4-3) at| col | Kansas City 4 Minnesota 3 | Philadelphia (Mahaffey 3-3) (N)| Milwaukee (Willey 1-0 or Bur- Chicago 6 Los Angeles 4 | (Only games scheduled) dette 3-1) at Cineinnati (O'Toole 3-3) (N) Probable Pitchers Today Detroit (Lary 6-1) at Boston, St. Louis, (Sadecki 2-2) at Chi-| |eago (Hobbie 1-4) I | (Schwab 0-0) (N) that's more of a team sports than crew. They learn they're not individuals--that they're a crew, Cleveland (AL) 4 Cineinnati| NL) 7. | Thursday's Results | Omaha 6 Dallas-Fort Werth 7| Leuisville § Denver 4 | Indianapolis 6 Houston § i Exhibition Baseball 84 CHURCH ST. MASTER FEEDS OSHAWA Free Customer Parking DIAL RA 3-2229 .