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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, Getéber 12, 1962 BUSBrs ees |S os PESeSeS eee e sees ey DEFENSE TANGLE, Pat Stapleton, on ice, foils scoring bid by Gordon Berenson, Mon- Seer secos es Sees eee eS night. Warren Godfrey, * 4 - " By THE CANADIAN PRESS |place, for a while anyway. Boston Bruins finished last in) the National treal Canadien winger in first period action of the game they played in at Boston last be- In other league play, old pro Hockey League|Gump Worsley held Detroit Red hind the action, and goaltend- er Bob Perreault looked on as the players clashed. --(AP Wirephoto) 'Bruins Blank Habs; Wings Edge Rangers scored New York's only goal, fang them the lead near the alfway mark in last season and opened in first| Wings scoreless for two periods, | period. place this season. but the Wings scored two third Detroit tied the game up 1-1 Rookie goalie Bob Perreault,|period goals to beat New York|at 6:04 of the third period when playing his 10th NHL game,|2-1. 'turned away 27 shots to shut out) John Bucyk of the Montreal Canadiens 5-0\who scored only Thursday night. 2 It was Bruins' first opening-| game victory since the 1957-58}turned out to be the winner. season when they defeated Chi-| Doug Mohns also scored two cago Black Hawks 3-1 in Boston.|goals, tying his record of two|announced before leaving for The shutout is Boston's first}goals scored against Montrea!/Boston that his club plans to registered against Montreal|last season. since' Don Simmons them 2-0 at Boston Nov. 25, 1958.|scored by Irving Spencer. the Bruins, three goals against Montreal all last season, chalked up two goals. His first/ing. goal by Parker MacDonald | Howie Young scored after being jset up by Alex Delvecchio. Delvecchio also had a hand jin the Wings' second and decid- at 11:09 of the final period. Canadiens' boss Frank Selke pay tribute to the players of last blanked} The Bruins' other goal was/year's team who won trophies, |when they meet the Rangers The win puts Boston in first! In the other game Dave Balon/Saturday night in Montreal. ISPORTS MENU By Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITOR "Everything From Soup To Nuts' THE WORLD SERIES is not likely to end this week, after all! We haven't been doing any crystal-ball gazing, and then venturing expert predictions, We've merely been reading the weather reports. At the time of writing, they were almost positive down in San Francisco that today's sixth game would have to be postponed and there are also grave doubts whether or not the weatherman will co-operate in time for even a game on Saturday, Rain and wind is the forecast there for today and with a new storm front moving in on the west coast, it may be a sloppy Saturday as well. In the mean- time, manager Houk is confidentially predicting that his ace, Whitey Ford, will beat Billy Pierce and that the Yankees will clean up the series with a win in the sixth game. In the Giants' camp, manager Dark and his boys are far from gloomy. They have proven that they're tough to beat on their home diamond and they figure to score two wins and light up Candlestick Park with a victory celebration. i x x x x OSHAWA Scugog Cleaners Junior girls' softball team are in the running for an Ontario championship and intend to make an all-out effort to add to Oshawa's laurels of the sea- gon. They open their Provincial Women's Softball _ Union playoffs against Hiscock Comets of Toronto, at Coxwell Stad- jum, tomorrow night at 7.30 o'clock and the second game of the 2-out-of-3 championship finals will be. played at Alexandra Park on Monday night, at the same starting time. The delay in starting the finals was caused in waiting for official word from the PWSU that St. Mary's girls were ruled out, after defaulting the second game of their series, to have: been played in Oshawa two weeks ago. Scugog girls feel that under PWSU playoff rules (they pitch three feet longer dis- tance in the East Toronto League) they have a good chance of beating out'Comets, who finished first in the league stand- ing. Scugog Cleaners, playing in the same league, ended up third. And this brings up a point -- we think it's time the PWSU did a little planning and revising. of their playoff sys- tem. It's not only absolutely ridiculous, but it-is most un- fair as well as having been very expensive in a one-sided situation, that the Oshawa girls were called on to travel to Brantford and then St. Mary's (they're almost neighbors) in two successive playoff rounds and now they meet a team right out of their own league for the Ontario championship. They should have played the Comets first, not last -- and if Comets won, then let that club bear the expense of playoff travelling, en route to a championship. x 4 2 SPORTS SHORTS: -- Heffering's Imperials blanked Mac- Lean's Esso 6-0 last night at Alexandra Park, to even up their City Championship finals at one win apiece. Third and deciding game for the 1962 gonfalon will be played tomorrow might, with starting time set at 6.00 o'clock. . ... ULSTER UNITED last night withdrew from the National Soccer Lea- round-robin playoffs, an extended affair embracing three more weeks of play. Their reason was purely a matter of finances, too costly to keep paying players their per-game stipend. . . . FATHER DAVID Bauer, hockey coach at U. of B.C., has named three former St. Mike's stars, Terry O'Malley, Barry MacKenzie and Dave Chambers as a nucleus for his proposed 1964 Canadian Olympic team, and also Ken Broder- ick, who played goal for Brampton last season. . . . BOSTON BRUINS blanked Canadiens last night, which is quite a start for last year's cellar-dwellers. In the other game, Red Wings nosed out Rangers 2-1. . . . METRO SZERYK, sensational pitcher for Sudbury Plaze Senior "B" team, blanked Bob Grier and his Midland mates 1-0 and 4-0, to win the OASA championship last weekend, in Sudbury. Szeryk pitched a no- hitter in the first game and allowed just one hit in the sec- ond tit, Yipe! ... MOUNT HOPE beat Garson two-straight for the Inter. "'B" champiohship and Sarnia won two-in-a-row over Garson in the Inter, Girls finals. .. . CAPREOL lost the Inter. "'C" title to Merlin, 6-1, in the third game, while Capreol Junior "C" boys won the first game in Beansville Dut lost twice at home, to yield an OASA title which they held last year. obby Rousseau will be awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the top rookie of the year; Jacques Plante the Vezina Trophy, awarded each year to the goalkeeper who played the most games for the team with the fewest goals scored against. The Prince of Wales Trophy, given to the NHL champions, will be received by Jean Beli- veau on behalf of the team. All teams will be active on the weekend. Saturday Rangers play at Montreal, Boston at Tor- onto, Detroit at Chicago. Sunday, Montreal is at De- troit, Toronto at Rangers, and Chicago at Boston. 'Lip' Misquoted On Statements Of Last Game SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--~An official of Los Angeles Dodgers who attended a party in which Leo Durocher allegedly' criti- cized manager Walter Alston said Thursday Durocher's re' marks were distorted. Durocher, a coach under Als- ton the last two seasons, was quoted as having said: "We would, have won the pennant if I had been managing the club." The Dodgers, after leading most of the season, were over- a playoff for the League pennant. version. been arranged earlier by to go through with it anyway." "We were all about losing the pennant and somebody, crying in 'his' beer, turned to Durother and said: 'We never should have lost the pennant. I wish you'd been managing in that last game. We'd have won it.' "Durocher. replied, 'Yeah, I sure would have ning with a 4-2 lead.'" is history. Alston has Ed. Roebuck in the ninth. walk. FOOTBALLER DIES ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)--Terry Nassivera, 16, of Hudson Falls, N.Y., died in hospital Thursday of head injuries suffered Satur- day in a football game: The high school senior, was injured while making a tackle. WINS ROLLER. CROWN BRISBANE, Australia (Reut- ers) -- World champion Eddie Perales of the United States won the international and Aus- tralian men's two-mile roller skating speed championship fi- nal Thursday. He led all the way foot margin in 8.2 minutes. Seinen tee edhe, anioeaiaiemean tance the © second) CONFIDENCE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Neither rain, nor hail nor wind --all predicted for today's scheduled sixth World Series me between New York and an Franeisco--could prevent manager Ralph Houk from fore- casting a world championship for his Yankees in six games. Houk was undaunted by man- ager Alvin Dark's choice of Billy Pierce as the Giant pitcher, although he knew the veteran left-hander's record at Candlestick Park is 12 wins without a loss. Houk confidently expected the Yankees to wrap it up today--weather permitting behind the lefthanded slants of Whitey Ford. The Yankees lead the best-of- seven series three games to two. "IT expect Ford to beat Pierce,' Houk said Thursday, sae i SAO AASB Sle leat tie E SEONG GPE NGF "epee \ Mor. Houk Predicts 'It Will End Today Houk planned to start the)? picking. Whitey to start instead of Bill Stafford although it was the young right-hander's turn in the pitching rotation. "T know Pierce hasn't lost Whitey. Remember he beat the Giants in his only appearance here." WON THE OPENER Houk was feferring to the ening series game in which 'ord scattered 10 hits and won 6-2, with left-hander Billy O'Dell the loser. _ The odds-makers established the Yankees a 13-to-10 choice to win today and a 7-to-2 favorite to win the series. According to the weather bu- reau, there was a 90-per-cent chance of rain today. Warnings of 30- to 45«mile-an-hour winds have been posted. here yet. But neither has same lineup he has used in every game but the second, when injuries forced the bench. ing of first baseman Bill Skow- ron and catcher Elston Howard. Skowron underwent treatment for a shoulder and hand injury Thursday but Houk said he would be in thé lineup. Dark, who has been shuffling his line-up from game to game, made another change. Because of the left-handed opposition, ne restored the right-handed Har. vey Kuenn in left field-in place of Matty Alou, with Felipe Aiow switching to right field, and re- turned Orlando Cepeda to first base, replacing Willie MeCovey. Should rain force a 24-hour de. lay, the same pitchers--Ford and Pierce--will face each other Saturday. Statistics Say Little Spread In Either Club SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--How }close can you get? | Not much closer than the cur- rent World Series between' San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees, With the Yankees leading 3-2 in games and the sixth contest coming up today. A check of the statistics shows one of the tight- est battles ever. The Yankees have scored 17 runs, the Giants. 16. The Yan- kees have 34 hits, the Giants 37. The earned-run average of the Yankee pitching staff is 3.07, of | the Giants 3.14. | 'The Yankees are batting .214, the Giants. 228. Giant pitchers have recorded 33 strikeouts, the Yankee hurlers 30; The Giants All-Round Ability Makes D SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --It looks as though our defence, Tom Tresh's hitting and Whitey Ford's pitching may be the dif- ference in this World Series. One thing we're hoping for in the sixth game is that the wind stays dormant. Whitey Ford says he hasn't been able to throw a good curve in Candle- stick. Yet with men on base last Thursday when we won the opening garme,. 6-2, he got two double plays. Five times with men on the Giants went out on infield plays to end an inning. I've been looking over World Series box scores in which Ford has pitched and it's no wonder he has won 10 games. When Tom Haller hit that two-run have given up 15 walks, the Yankees 11. The Giants have eight doubles) to five for the Yankees and five home runs to two for the Yan-/ kees, Each team has one triple.) Average Is Low | But Spirit Good SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--| Mickey Mantle's batting mark'| in the World Series is low but) it hasn't affected his sense of| humor, Mantle and Willie Mays, San) been comparative flops in the) classic. Mantle is two for 18, with no homers and no runs batted in. Mays is five for 21, with no homers and only one RBI. | Before his departure from | New York Wednesday night, | Mantle told this story on him- | self: ' "Some guy in centre field," he said, 'yelled out: 'Hey, Man- tle, everybody came out to see who was better, you 'or Mays. Now we're trying to figure out, who's worse.'" Later, Mantle said,:came the) | same voice: | "Hey, Mantle, you win." homer last Monday I had to go back 54 innings to a 1958 game Almost the only big edge is in| at Milwaukee to learn when} move. the extra base hit department.| whitey last allowed two runs the|Giants would have had a 2-0 same inning. Backs To But Can. Still Win SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--Sure,jrun in San Francisco, because] we've got our backs to the wall. But that's nothing new, We've been bouncing back all year. Both New York Yankees'| We are all very confident we| can take two straight from he Francisco Giants' slugger, have|New York Yankees. We've| faced situations before where we simply had to win a couple of games, and did it, There's no reason we can't do it again. The home field helps. It's not so much those winds you hear so much about. But there's a certain familiarity. And having that last time at bat sure he ps. Candlestick certainly is a bet- ter hitting park than the sta- dium. First of all, it's faster. Of course, the rain slowed the field in New York, but that's not an excuse. Both teams had to play on it. But a fast field is usually considered to be a better hitting park. ifference | As to our hitting, Tresh has |been outstanding, just as he was|| }all season long at shortstop or in left field. Tresh drove jn 93 runs for us and was leading off most of the year. He's got to be the American League's top rookie. | When I speak of defence I'm thinking of a run Mickey Mantle saved in Wednesday's game by backing up Tresh, It was two out in the fourth when Felipe Alou hit a shot that caromed off the left field concrete. It looked like an inside-the-park home run until Mantle raced over from right centre to the to third base. | tioned this great Had_ Alou scored Nobody men- defensive the lead. The Wall lof the dimensions of the park. That helps a power team, and |we've got good power. Also; you get a good hitting |background in Candlestick. We have a green backdrop aad a batter can pick up the pitch real well, In Yankee Stadium, the ball comes at the batter out of a crowd of people sitting in their shirtsleeves in centre field. The pitch is hard to pick up and hard to hit. And we just might have a little advantage in the pitching. Opposing left-handers complain that the' wind holds up their curve ball, and Whitey Ford wi!l pitch the sixth game. Our left-handers are more used to it and know how to han- die it. For instance, 'nure's Billy Pierce, who will pitch .o- day. He's a left-hander and he won 12, without losing one at er rate Se Rt tp Se Na Rt RTE EI oa Celie All oh nalieiae adesaie atten athaaieaed dire A Gaegeneenete "FANS PICKET ON- BEHAL! Reports of the million-dollar | his female entourage, Three deal for Maple Leafs' ace en oe ee tens de- right-winger Frank Mahov- . pice porn lich sti wp atreney amine on to their star. Left to right OF "BIG M' Konuch, Audrey Phillips and Julie Cwihun. Maple Leaf head-office brass deny any wishes to sell Mahoviich. --(CP Wirephote) 402-foot sign near the Giant bull-/ pen and made a fine throw back) SPORTS (Oshawa CALENDAR TODAY SOFTBALL Beaches Major Fastball League -- (Championship Fi- nals) -- Oshawa "ony's vs Eddie Blacks, at Kew Gardens, 8.00 p.m.; 2nd game of 3-out-of-5 series. : FOOTBALL Oshawa Secondary Schools Tomorrow afternoon; at the Ajax High School athletic field, Oshawa Vikings tackle the Ajax Rugger Club, for first place in the Ontario Intermediate North- ern Rugger Conference. Kickoff time is at 3.00 p.m. Ajax, who are undefeated in four games, are presently in sole possession of the number one spot,-a single point ahead of the Vikings. After Saturday's contest, each club will have two league games remaining. Pen- nant winners in the Northern Conference will play the Cen- tral or Western Conference champions for the Ontario title sometime in early November. Saturday's game promises to be a "rough-and tough" battle between these two old rivals. Ajax knocked out the Vikings from last season's playoff but Oshawa defeated Ajax this spring in an exhibition match. Both clubs use the same style of rugger play, which is mark- ed by strong defensive work in the scrum and fierce tackling in the backfield, - Ajax always plays a rough- and-tumble game. This was Junior League -- Donevan---vs O'Neill, at Kinsmen Civic Me- morial Stadium, 5.00 p,m. Senior League -- O'Neill vs Donevan, at Kinsmen Civic Me- morial Stadium, at 6.30 p.m. and McLaughlin vs Central, at Kins- men Civic Memorial Stadium, at 8.00 p.m, * Lakeshore Junior COSSA_-- (Ex, Game) -- Whitby Ander- son at Courtice, 3.15 p.m. SATURDAY SOFTBALL ® Oshawa City and District As- sociation --(City Championship Finals) -- MacLean's Esso vs Heffering's Imperials, at Alex- andra Park, 6.00 p.m.; 3rd and deciding game of series. PWSU unior "A" Playoffs -- (Ontario Championship Finals) -- Oshawa S Cl 's VS Vs Ajax For League Lead shown last Saturday when they walloped Thornbury Villains 17- to-6, right in Thornbury. How- ever, two Ajax players were ejected out of the game for un- necessary roughness and un- sportsmanlike conduct. Im four years of rugger, Vikings have never had any player throws out of any games and certainly would not risk any chanep of spoiling this outstanding reeord. Back in the Viking lineup will be five players who missed iast week's game against the To- ronto Nomads. They are Keith Williams, Jim Hinkson and Tom Farquharson in the brek- field plus Tom Olinyk and Bruce McArthur in the scrum. This lineup should produce the strongest unit Vikings have had during the fall season. LEAGUE STANDINGS Ajax Oshawa Aurora Thornbury Nomads Peterboro Wanderers Banks = ee 3 = > 3 SH ee we wests woeprwweHoS i ahBe2ses RSESLSeES He nwwor agers Hiscock Comets, at Toronto Cox- well Stadium, .30 p.m.; Ist game of 2-out-of-3 series. MEETS ON MONDAY RUGGER Ontario Intermediate North- ern Conference -- Oshawa Vik- Oshawa Fish And Game And it's easier to hit a home home this 'season. lings vs Ajax, at Ajax High Tigers Leave To Play In Far East DETROIT (AP)--Detroit Ti- gers leave today for a 40-day baseball tour of Japan and the Far East, Manager Bob Scheffing will have 21 players for the 23-game schedule that starts Sunday night in Honolulu. Also along are wives and officials, includ- BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- A 55-year-old golfing physician says he scored three holes-in-one on a nine- hole course Wednesday--and he apparently has witnesses to prove it. THREE WITNESSES TO MODERN GOLF MIRACLE School, 3.00 p.m. Women Bowlers; Meet Tuesday Members of the Ladies' Sec- tion of the Oshawa Lawn Bowl- ing Club, held their executive meeting on Wednesday of this week- and discussed plans for Boydstone, medical direc- tor for Kern County penal in- stitutions, scored 30 for the par-35 round, but normally plays with an 11 handicap, for 18 holes, coe Hall. A representative of the: De- partment of Lands and Forests hauled by San Francisco Giants on the final day and beaten in National The official, who did not want to be identified, gave another "It was at a party that had the Dodgers for their front office help and other personnel," he said. "It was intended as a vic- tory celebration but we decided feeling blue ing Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, American League President Joe Cronin and Tiger President John Fetzer. Fight In Toronto Insists Deacon TORONTO (CP)--If Bob Cler-| oux of Montreal wants to fight George Chuvalo for the Cana- dian heavyweight title he'll have to do it in Toronto. This was the reaction of Dea- "I'm just beginning to real- ize what happened," said Dr. Joseph O. Boydstone. Ed Nowak, pro at Bakers- field public golf course where Boydstone scored his aces, said his 21-year-old son saw the final hole-in-one and golf- ers Bill Mandel and Lorin | Eddy saw all three. Boydstone said he used a one iron for his ace on the 210-yard third hole, a 'nine iron on the \132-yard fourth and an eight iron on the 135- He has collected 27 trophies in pro-amateur competition since learning to play golf in 1947, but didn't /get his first hole-in-one until 1960. Since January of this year," he said, "I have scored eleven holes - in - one on different courses. He is sending Wednesday's attested score card to the U.S, Professional Golfers' Associa- tion. "I heard this three holes- in-one in a single round may be a world's record," he chuckled. y their owna nnual meeting and banquet and also for the annual closing banquet of the Men's Section, for which the ladies will cater. "The women members of the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club will hold their annual closing meéting and banquet on Tues- day, October 16, at 6.30 p.m., at the Club House. They will cater for the Men's annual closing ban quet and trophy presentations, on Thursday evening, at the same time. will attend and speak on "Deer, Their Management and Habits in Ontario." It is felt the talk will be of much interest in view of the opening of the deer hunt. ing season in the near future. Movies will also be shown dur- ing the meeting. The members of the associa- tion will pay a visit to the First Blackstock Boy Scout Troop Protective Association Members of the Oshawa Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion are looking forward with anticipation to their entertain- ment night to be held at 7.30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 at Sim- Wednesday, Oct. 17. Colored slides of the various species of ducks, as well as other wild- life will be. shown. : An interesting feature of the meeting will be the display of the round - style nesting box which the Newcastle Sports- men's Club introduced in the area this year, Ed, Kroll, who is in charge of duck banding at the Second Marsh, will explain the purpose of the banding pro- gram. The Association will hold an- other in its series of hunter safety training courses on Tues day, Oct, 16, at 307 College ave- nue. Those interested in taking the courte should contact James Potter at 725-6258. con Allen, Chuvalo's manager, yard ninth. to a suggestion by Gene Letuur- neau, commissioner of the Ca- nadian Boxing Federation, that the fight be held in Quebec City. Cleroux won the title from the Toronto boxer in Montreal last year, but has since been sus- Irish Sweepstakes Leads Tourney In First Round BOSTON (AP) Barrel- shaped Bobby Perreault is a comic in the grim business of liked my chances going into the ninth in- The Giants' four-run rally in the ninth and their subsequent 6-4 victory in the final playoff since been criticized for calling on Stan Williams instead of his ace, Don Drysdale, in relief of Williams forced over the win- ning run with a bases-loaded in the race, finishing with a wr pended by the federation and af- filiated groups for not carrying out an agreement to fight Chu- valo again in Toronto. Letourneau said promoter Al- len Mitchell is ready to stage the fight, with 30 fer cent of the receipts going to Cleroux and 20 per cent to Chuvalo--but with no guarantees. Guelph Royals Cut Fourteen Hopefuls GUELPH (CP)--Guelph Roy- als of the Ontario Hockey Asso- ciation Junior A series cut their roster to 29 players Thursday following Wednesday night's 3-1 exhibition loss to Peterborough Petes in Peterborough. | Two goalkeepers, eight de- jfencemen and 19 forwards are still at the training camp from an original list of 43 candidates. Coach Frank Bathgate and Rangers' chief scout, Lou Pas- sador, who are conducting the reductions in personnel. follow-| ing © tonight's with Peterborough in Guelph. | stakes the draw which was Thursday, said: "The drop in receipts is due to interrupted New York distribution of tickets abroad Chicago and circumstances over which} we have no control." Net $14 Millions DUBLIN (CP-Reuters) -- To- ceedings brought against sail- Thursday. The Irish Hospital Sweep- stake said the receipts were £1,. 500,000 down from last year, due largely to a big cut in United States sales. Jack O'Sheehan, director of made The vast majority of tickets always have been sold in the) United States, despite the fac!) they were illegal there. Action against the sale has been inten-/New York at Montreal sified in the last six months|Boston at Toronto with a tightening of controls at/Deroit at Chicago camp expect to make further|/U.S. ports and airports Several big consignments of tal receipts in the Irish Sweep-|ors and others carrying tickets on next Wednesday's|Customs and postal authorities Cambridgeshire race in Eng- x-rayed letters and packets land totalled £4,631,000 ($13,-/from Ireland in an effort to plug 903,000), it was announced here|the inflow. On 5-Under 67 ~ BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) Long-hitting Dave Hill, a young golfer noted for hot rounds, fired a five-under-par 67 Thurs- day that gave him the lead in the first round of the $40,000 Bakersfield Open. The 25-year-old professional bagged an eagle and six birdies as he toured the par 36-36-72 HOCKEY SCORES |. By THE CANADIAN PRESS WLT F APt 1 pt 1 2 0 Montreal 1.4 | Thursday's Results Montreal 0 Boston 5 Detroit 2 New York 1 Games Saturday {Boston Toronto Detroit Games Sunday Montreal 'at Detroit return meeting|tickets were understood to have|Toronto at New York been captured, with court pro-|Chicago at Boston Bakersfield Country Club course in 32-35-67. Hill's finest shot came on the 2\11th hole when he pitched in from 65 feet for an eagle three. Tied at 68 were Tony Lema, Butch Baird and Jimmy Powell. Former National Open cham- pions Gene Littler and Billy Casper tied at 69, along with Bob Goalby, Bob Rosburg, Bob Pratt, Billy Maxwell and Jack Rule. |. Sixteen players were tied in /the 70 group, including George | Knudson of Toronto. Stan Leonard of Vancouver had a 72 and Al Johnston of Montreal toured the course in hockey goaltending. But Montreal Canadiens didn't laugh Thursday night as Per- reault and Boston _ Bruins blanked them 5-0. The triumph launched a new Nationa! Hockey League season for the Bruins, who finished a distant last a year ago. Perreault, a five-foot-seven, 184-pound rookie, turned aside 27 Montreal shots. On one save he made a frantic headlong dive and speared a slap shot by Red Berenson. "T just closed my eyes and stuck out my glove," said Per- reault, who once drove harness horses in facing competition. Coach Phil Watson calls his hero "lucky," adding: "You need some of that up here, too." At 31, Perreault is the young- est regular goaltender in the NHL along with Chicago's Glenn Hall. In 12 years of pro- fessional hockey he has ap- peared in 10 NHL games and scored three shutouts, Perreaut] was one of several acquisitions by the Bruins in the, off-season. He was pur- chdsed from Hershey Bears of Bobby Perreault Bruins Answer? the American League. He had been in both the Montreal and Detroit Red Wing organizations but had trouble making the grade. ; . "I went to the Bruins' execu- tives last spring," Perreault says, "I told them if they'd give me a charice I'd prove I could give them major league goal- tending." ; Despite his stubby build, Per- reault moves quickly, guarding - the goal in a swarming fashion. "Our defence was much bet- ter and our goalie was tremen- dous," Watson said after the victory. "Perreault is a character. He also has great spirit and these guys will play for him. At the start of last year our goaiie (Don Head) couldn't stop any- thing.and we got off to a terrible start. That wrecked the players' spirit and it never came back. "Goalkeeping is like your pitching staff in baseball. With- out it you're nothing." JAPAN'S FARMS About 37 per cent of Japan's population is employed in agri- culture, although only 17 per cent of the islands is arable. ~