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, Ankle Fracture Spoils What Might Have Been Dick Duff's Best Season TORONTO (CP)--Until Dickie Duff crashed into the net feet first and fractured his ankle bone, the nimble little winger --known to his mates as "Stumpy" -- was just about the hottest thing in a Toronto Maple Leaf uniform. He was having a whalé of a season -- easily his best since he entered the National Hockey League seven years ago. It followed his worst. "I went to training Camp last fall pretty well fed up with hearing people say ! was over the hill, or that I had had it. So I was determined, really de- termined." When Duff says something like this, you know ne means it. His square jaw, furrowed brow and lively darting eyes have de- termination written all over them. His quiet, lazy manner of speaking might tend to con- fuse his character, but it merely means he isn't a gabby sort of guy. Nothing can-hide his brist- ling enthusiasm SHOWED CRITICS From the opening of training camp last fall, the compact 162- pound native of Kirkland Lake, Ont., set out to dispel any thoughts of him being over the hill. He forechecked, back- 1, |Peewee hockey tournament 'is ., |going to be a wild success," ~ |predicts tournament president|for by the two teams that win tee. , all week. {of 16,000 watched the ONLY PLAYERS SMALL THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturday, Februery 24, 1962 | 3 QUEBEC (CP) -- The play may be a bit amateurish and the players a little small, but there's nothing small or ama- teurish about the gate. "This year's international Gerard Bolduc' He has good reason to be so optimistic. Last year's tournament, one of the events of the Quebec Winter Carnival, packed the Quebec Coliseum pionship game. | This is the kind of a crowd |many lteams wish they could get, and real, they use players considerably plete set of .sweaters, sticks, gloves and socks from the Mont- jreal Canadiens of the NHL. {more than 12 years old. The third annual tournament brings more Peewee than 2.000 kids on 54 teams to Quebec Chard, son of retired Canadi for a series of events including sreat ) anagel hard, who plays for the team) Vancouver Canucks said Friday and probably has a lot to do with he has received a firm offer of American Hockey ¢ champion s hip a "'little League" "real native Canadian" cham-|that. Normand, wears No. pionship. The first is played for by Pee- REMEMBER WHEN. . .? dian farmer from Alberta sold Long Be ach paint manufactu- 3 CAN/ AN ESS jhis last cow last year and do-irer THE CANADIAN FRES Inated it to the reservation Pee-) Ww C \vation could go with the boys. arena is being built. By Frank Calder, then presi- dent of the National Hockey League, introduced the two- hook, with parents or sponsor- ing community organizations) - : for a. week|paying the transportation bills, ©2™ was denied a and a standing-room-only crowd) but in Quebec they are all ta- cham-|ken in by families and live in), jhomes away from home. National Hockey League|untsic Braves of northend Mont-) vised SELLS HIS COW yee team so that the Romaniteam here for a year then move Quebec Pee Wee Tourney Draft New Schedule Draws Crowds Of 16.000 For World's Tourney wee teams from the cities that have teams in the professional American Hockey League, and (AP)--A revised 44-garne sched- the latter by three all - Indian/ule for 14 teams entered in the; teams from reservations in the world provinces of Ontario, Quebec|/March 7-18 was announce d| and Alberta. jcasting System -- United States) March 11--5:30 p.m. vs Swit- ; jvs Sweden at 10:30 March 10)zerland or Austria. jand Canada vs United States at' March 13--5:30 p.m. vs Swe |3:30 p.m. March 18, den. Thursday by Thayer Tutt, chair-| One preliminary game will) March 14--10:15 p.m, vs Nor- ' The championship is played|man'of the organizing commit-|be played March 7, Switzerland Way. se meeting Austria at 2 p.m. The; March 17--1 é Pe tec was made neces-| winner will go into the tourna- ain. pyle Mig nc coat vo s A pool and the loser Prrsnigs 18--3:30 p.m. vs United 1 a gs et aca the B pool. \goslavia ani omania to sen . iad e ; lteams. after East Germany's our soon is the schedule for 'The B pool will have, in ad- ' jGalt Terriers, Canada's repre qj i i travel per- wae 8 ition to the Switzerland-Austria per! sentative (times EST): loser, The Netherlands, Japan, March 8--10:15 p.m. vs Fin- Denmark, Australia and . e played in the Broadmoor /@"d. France. ! 4 : World Arena and 21 at the Den- March 10--10:15 p.m. vs West Canada 1s the defending Sponsorship varies. The Ah- ver Coliseum. Two will be tele-,/Germany, champion. 4 by the Columbia Broad- SSK 'Receives Offer For 3 New PING Thru SUND AY! she Nur, Wancouver Canucks § = aye ens| |VANCOUVER (CP) -- pave 33ARY GRANT TONY CURTIS j- Dauphinee, general manager of| "OPERATION : COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, ice hockey tournament 0.30 p.m. vs Brit- their games during the Teams get here on their own Twenty - three games are to for example, got a com- The fact that Maurice (Rocket) like his father,!$100,000 from a California busi- nessman to buy the Western Hockey League team. Dauphinee said the bid came At the other extreme, an In-\by mail from Art Edwards, a 4 4 > > > > > > ie 5 ets: See NON. operate the) $a z sa Jisesyoa BILTMORE 4 Edwards _ would atholic chaplain of the reser--to Long Beach where a new " referee system 39 years ago ' today: It continued for 15 |. Red Storey, a famed referee years until in' 1938 the jin the NHL for many years, is league reverted to one ref- |referee-in-chief of the tourna- ve ment, Such a move would have to be sanctioned by the league be- cause of the proximity of the Los Angeles Blades operating } LAUGH-PACKED DOUBLE SHOW! checked, sidestepped and blasted goalies with everything in his arsenal and, until his in- jury sidelined him. in January, he was going like a bomb. The record books for the first} half of the season tel! their own] story. The dark - haired stick- handler had scored 13 goals-- the first time in his NHL career he had more than 10 at that stage. He also had 17 assists The line of George Armstrong, 'There's nothing in the league Dave Keon and Duff had ac-|that can catch them" counted for 38 goals -- only two, Having flashy Dave Keon at less than the formidable com-|centre, of course, would give a bination of Red Kelly, Frank!charge to any line And Arm- Mahovlich and Bob Nevin strong is also having a great And that's only half the story./season. But there's no doubt The line's dogged checking|that Duff was more than con- made it Leafs' best defensive|trjbuting his share patil ue cages goals scored It's not the first time he's| against the team at the sea-\done this, either. In 1956-57,| nits po ade mark, only SIX/his 26 goals topped the team.| Pg ie Dlg a were ON) The next year his 26 goals and 4 - 23 assists led the team in points.) TWICE TOP SCORER In 1958-59 he was again top Leaf] Considering penalties, line- scorer with 29 goals and 24 as-| changes and injuries often keep) Sists. one of the trio off the ice, this) But then, things. began to last statistic isn't quite as spec-|slip. In 1959-60 he scored 19 tacular as it appears, but it's}goals and got 22 assists, and still pretty good last year he dropped to 16 goals Anyway, it isn't hard to fig-)and 17 assists ure why Leaf coach George) "Why did this happen?" (Purch) Imlach has said: was asked DUFF RELAXES -- Left winger Dick Duff of Toronto | Maple Leafs, has spent much | of this National Hockey flat on his often reading League season back in bed, he books for relaxation. It was | shaping up as the best season in the seven-year NHL career of the 26-year-old Kirkland Lake, Ont., native until he fractured an ankle bone in "TI don't know, you can't put your finger on any one thi Some nights last year I just tight. I guess I just wasn't in as good condition." EARLY TO BED What about this year? "I feel great. I am more and I feel loose. night I was in bed at 9:30 and this isn't unusua). I find it eas ier to skate." Duff shares an apartment with a younger brother--an ap- prentice mechanic--and apart) from cooking their meals and a few sessions of bowling every week, the 25-year-old sharp- shooter devotes his life, in one way or another, to hockey. "Before I do anything, I fig:| ure out its effect on my car- eer." During a two-hour conversa Joe DiMaggio Light Whip-Like Bat Home-Run Weapon FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.|more than 2,700 home runs in (AP) -- Joe DiMaggio reached'the major leagues last year into the rack and selected a bat There were only seven .300 hit- at random. He balanced it ters lightly in his left hand,|SWING FROM HEELS wrapped strong fingers around) 'Maybe I'm old fashioned, the match thin handle and/but I can't go along with the took rhythmic swipes at anitrend," said the former New imaginary baseball. York Yankee great. "I have "Here, swing it," he sug-,seen kids who obviously don't gested. "See how light it is and have either the physique or the notice the manoeuvreability?"' (strength to hit the ball out of The bat, a 32 - ounce, 33-inch|the park, but all of them are piece of lumber. felt light in the) swinging from the heels. Those hands. The swing carried an al-/kids are suckers. most whip - like snap. 'Maybe they'll hit four or five "There's your cause of the;more home runs a year, but in present-day home run epide-doing so they'll cut 20 or 30 mic,' DiMaggic said in an in- points from their batting aver-| terview, "Much more so thanjages. I'll guarantee if they the lively ball. It is these light|switched to a heavier bat and bats with the thin handles that/learned 'o hit the ball where it have prompted the present-day|is pitched, they'd not only im- hitters to swing for the fences./prove their average but they'd It is because of these bats thatjtack on about 10 or 15 more the hitters have sacrificed bat-/runs batted in." ting averages in the interest of When Di Maggio was hitting home run production." around .350 a year for the Yank- DiMaggio recalled there wereiees and collecting between 30) Thinks and 40 American League hom- ers, he swung a 42 - ounce bat. He changed to a lighter bat in his declining years and was us- ing a 36-ouncer when he re- tired in 1951. "If I were starting out in the) big leagues today, I'd still swing} a 42 - ounce bat," he said. "You| can still hit home runs with a heavier bat if you have the| power and the right swing." | DiMaggio, coach - at - large in the Yankee training camp here, has been invaluable to} rookies with his tips. "You have to be extremely] careful not to offer too much ad- vice," he said, "That would only confuse the youngster. Some-| times you spot a flaw in aj boy's swing but you don't say) anything to him because he's hitting the bali well. I don't be- lieve in changing a_hitter's stance unless his record shows he's never hit better than 220 " or 890 Ontario Steel ' Bees Tie League Leaders The Oshawa Y's Men's Major|Callison, Dalidowicz 5, Bour Basketball League produced one|dage 12. Total, 25. Fouls, 1-out- tie and two very close games, |of-5. last Saturday morning. } LATE WIN FOR KINLOCH'S MODERN TOP A'S In the second game Kinloch's In the first game Modern Dry|Men's Wear downed Walt's Bar- Cleaners hooked up with the On-|ber Shop 42 to 39 with Kinloch's B's TIE LEADERS In the final game of the morn- ingy the league-leading Jaycee Rotkets were hard-pressed to get\a tie, as the Ontario Steel B's fought the Rockets to a 39-39 stalpmate. The B's applied the pressure ng.|Leaf Gardens, felt) three great interests. The first,|University in Hamilton before resting ; resin' never long out of his conversa- Last tion them on. Me, I've got four kid 4% tario Steel A's, with Moderns'scoring the winning points with|sarly and led by B. King took a winning 33 to 25. In the first half, Moderns, led by G. Nichols with eight points and B. Tunnicliffe also with eight, took a commanding 20-to- 10 lead. The A's were short a couple of players and couldn't get started. A's started to fight back in the second half, as G. Bourdage hooped six quick points and they outscored Moderns but time ran out. Modern Dry Cleaners were led by G. Nichols and B. Tunnicliffe with 15 and nine while G. Bour- dage hooped 12 points in a losing cause MODERN DRY CLEANERS-- Tunnicliffe 9, Braham, Edgar 1, Burnett 6, Nichols 15, Malinow- ski* Total, 33. Fouls, 3-out-of-4 Q. TARIO STEEL A's -- Ed- mondson, Piatti 4, Kurhan 4, |Montgomery had 17 and 10 but'Dulny 6, Brady just 10 seconds left in the game.!19-.to.15 lead. In the first half, Walt's held In the second half, both teams a 21-to-18 lead, as M. Boivin fought tooth-and-nail with the hooped nine points while S. Mar- Rockets outscoring the B's 24- chutt got six. to-20. B. Jepma sank a long In the second half, the score'|jump shot just as the game end- was tied until S. Marchutt hoop-'ed. ed the vital two points to eke' Rockets were led by J. Row- out a close victory den, who hooped 15 whilé B Kinloch's Men's Wear were King and R. Clarke scored 14 paced by A. Etchells, D. Calder'and 11 and S. Marchutt with 12, 12 and) JAYCEE ROCKETS -- Jepma 10 points. M. Boivin and D. 6, Jeffs, Harrison 4, Rowden 15, 8. Total, 39 these were not enough for the Fouls, 1-out-of-7 Barbers ONTARIO STEEL KINLOCH'S Etchells 12, Clarke 11, Babe 7, Calder 12, Marchutt 10, Clarke!King 14, Hooey, B's Seneca 4 Saramak, 3 \2, Barlow 6. Total, 42; Fouls, Total, 39. Fouls, 9-out-of-14. 4-out-of-9. WALT'S BARBER SHOP Games for Saturday, Feb. 24 -- semi-final, sudden-death. 9.00 Hyranyk 6, Callison, Edmond- am. Moderns vs Ont. Steel son 6, Montgomery 10,' Boivin B's and at 10.30 a.m. Ont. Steel 17, Total, 39. Fouls, 3-out-of-9.'A's vs Walt's Barber Shop. | eree assisted by a linesman. Now each NHL game 4s handled by a referee and January. He "had scored 13 |_ 'Wo linesmen. goals in the first half of the | 1961-62 schedule, just three fewer than he had 67 games last year. --CP Photo CHINESE BIRTHS For every death in Commu- nist China in 1961 six babies) were born, according to official figures. in tion in a coffee shop at Maple Duff indicated/summers to go at McMaster| of course, is hockey, the second polishing off his Bachelor of is his family and the third his! Arts. future. "Perhaps I'll follow political! One of 13 children, he comes) science. I really enjoy that sub- from a closely-knit family that's|Ject."" ek Meanwhile, nothing is going to interfere with his hockey. "'I love this game, and I am going to stay with it as long as = | "IT guess everyone has some-| one, or something, that drives He was asked if any one in- {dividual influenced him more than any other in his career. Yes, he said. Ted Lindsay.| also from Kirkland Lake, was} a long-time star with Detroit brothers and, well, | want them to think I am just about the best hockey player in the world." WANTS BA bidden. Body-checking is not al-\entrant. 'lowed, and all players have to ___________ wear a safety helmet. heart. Richmond, Que., has de- clared Friday, March 2, a civic jholiday "'so that we can all go jup to Quebec and cheer for our |Peewees."' { DANCE 21 Old Time--Modern RUNNING A NEW DIRK BOGARDE RECORD IN EYE KENNETH MORE {TOOTH)-FILLING DONALD SINDEN FUNI DONALD HOUSTON Color by TECHNICOLOR * All rough play is strictly for-/Successfully this year as a new Saturdays greet tc dee COUPLES ONLY ce sia ie" as The Great Big Wonderful Sound of Music... PAT RICCIO and his Recording Orchestra Acclaimed The Top Dance Band in Canada Some cities really take it to Devlin Job eeven srivens euanies werner Recommended As Adult Entertainment Re x "HOUSE STARTS MONDAY TONIGHT STARTS SUNDAY waists MONDAY & TUESDAY RED BARN ADMISSION---$1.60 tHe BOOK mney sa COULD NEVER BE FILMED! (7 A Happy Picture for Happy People! Red Wings. | cerned, Duff seems to have| 'You'd have to know him to things in hand, Starting as an|know exactly what I mean," NHL player with less than ma-jhe said. "That guy is really tre-| lation, Duff row has twoimendous." 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