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16 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, April 8, 1964 Violence In Hockey Is Starting To Draw Criticism From Fans? By ED SIMON Canadian Press Staff Writer Penalty records are broken Loa oe referee's' er. Complaints about the of- ficiating mount from partici- participants nha el aaa 5 'tthoecessary violence turn- ing the Stanley Cup playoffs into a travesty of hockéy as it should be played? 'Brute strength, clenched fists, high-stocks and bone-shat- tering boarding are replacing the adroit puck-handler, the fast, exciting wirger and the bruising, but clean defence- man," complains a sports-page editorial in the Vancouver Sun. "Hockey is simply becoming too rough and it is time some- thing was done about it,"' says Health Minister Judy LaMarsh "The professionals encourage violence because they feel that is what the public wants." "In my personal experience I've noted a great reduction in violence in the last 10 years," says president Clarence Camp- bell of the National Hockey League. "The game being played today is just a Milque- toast version of what I've seen in the time I've been identified with the game." SETS RECORD Statistically, the current cup semi - final between Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs is well on its way to wip- ing all existing penalty records off the boks. In five games, both have out- stripped the record 128 minutes assessed against Detroit Red Wings in a six-game semi-final last season, Canadien compil- ing 146 minutes and Leafs 132. Their combined 103 penalties ing an edge of 103 minutes to 87 in time served. Annis Stukus of the Toronw Telegram blames fans who on it as far more important in|hockey is a game of violent the last seven or eight et Gown on i. eight years tolnoaiy contact and should stay "As far as I'm _ concerned,|that way." MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP)-- Eddie Cotton of Seattle was named Boxer of the Month by the World Boxing Association Monday for his victory over Johnny Persol. Cotton, who had earlier lost a questioned decision to Persol, scored a technical knockout in the return bout and regained the No. 1 challenger's role. | He edged Luis Rodriguez and WBA Drops Liston From April List weight champion, was removed from the ratings. trouble," a reference to Liston': run-in with police at Denver. = April ratings: eee: Cant Cas. es Cc Louisville. . Dow Jones, New York; : " Baddi Machen, Portland; 3. Ernie Ter. rell, Chicago; 4, Zora Folley. Chandler, Ariz.; 5, Clevelan William, 'Houston; 6. Floyd Pat terson, New York; 7. Hen Cooper, England; 8. Karl Mii denberger, West Germany; 9. George Chuvalo, Toronto; 10| Wayne Bethea, New York. Light heavyweight:. Cham pion: Willie Pastrano, panna Olson for the monthly Sonny Liston, former heavy- An earlier report had said Liston was suspended, but Ed Lassman, WBA president, said he was "simply removed from the ratings." The WBA president said Lis- ton "cannot be a contender for the title until he gets out of this 2, Harold Johnson, Philadel. se 3. Greg Peralta, Argen Midélowelght: Champion: Beach. 1, Eddie Cotton, Seattle;is. J. 1, Rubin Carter, Paterson, IN.J.; 2. Joe Archer, New York; . Dick Tiger, Nigeria. Junior middleweight: ion: Sandro Mazzinghi, taly. Welterweight: Cham pion: mile Griffith, New York. 1. is Rodriguez, Miami; 2. Jose} ble, New York; 3. Brian Cur-|M is, Wales, Junior welterweight: pion: Eddie Perkins, Chicago. Lightweight; Champion: Car- los Ortiz, Puerto Rico, 1. Kenny e, Muskegon, Mich.; 2. ulie Armstead, Los Angeles; Carlos Hernandez, Vene- uela, 'y unior lightweight: Cham- ion: Flash Elorde, Philippines. Cham-|Kin, mael Laguna, Panama; 2. Don Johnson, Los Angeles; 3. m.|Sin8, Nigeria. Bantamweight: | Eder Jofre, Brazil. 1. J Pimentel, Mexico; 2. yonet, Chicago; 3. Jose Flyweight: i gar igpetch, er, tore Barruni, seal Torres, Mexico; bihara,. Japan 'DISCOVER mount: A mountain 6,000 feet high has ered in an uncharted portion Queen Maud Land in the Ant Featherweight: Cha m pion:! arctic, Cheer the crude play of the Ma- ple Leafs' Eddie Shack and boo his more talented teammate, Frank Mahovlich. "I was disappointed night," Stukus writes, "when they didn't boo Shack off the ice for butting Henri Richard, a man he outweighed by a good 25 pounds, during a scrap in which the smaller man did a' good job of handling himself as long as only fists were used." Commenting on the same game, Milt Dunnell of the Tor- onto Star says it proved only that "the' world's greatest! hockey players are the world's worst pugilists . . . When youl pay your money to hear Oscar Peterson belt out a few tunes on the pianoforte, you don't ex- pect him to start pumping a trombone." An Ottawa Journal editorial says a good fight now and again is in the nature of the game but "the continuous brawling, the crude fouls and the surly defiance of the referees are nei- ther hockey nor entertainment." BLAMES COACHES Jim Proudfoot of The Star blames the coaches: "A referee makes hundreds of split-second decisions during a hockey game. Coaches are only asked to make sure they have the correct number of men on the ice, a simple assignment they often flub. "Yet when you approach the losing club's dressing room you know what you're about to hear: Poignant moans about bad officiating." Frank Boucher, a seven-time 9 | @o@¢4 3 %e SPESEEREERELEL at your Chrysler Canada Ltd. Healer 4 and 278 minutes also estab-\winner of the Lady Byng lished new marks as did their Trophy for his clean play 'with combined 16 penalties in ® pe-\New York Rangers a quarter- riod and $1 in a game. century ago, says the Saskatch- But another look at that 31-jewan Junior League, of which penalty total, compiled in the|/he is commissioner, has a prob- series opener in Montreal,|lem teaching its players the shows these figures are notivalue of sportsmanship because necessarily a yardstick for vio- lence. Seventeen of the offences punished by referee Frank Ud- vari were listed as hooking,|drastic measures must be holding, tripping, interference illegal faceoff pro an having too many men on the ice, In fact, the two majors and one misconduct penalty im- posed during the gome were ex- ceeded by the six majors and two misconducts last Thursday, in which the over-all penalty total was lower and the total time served of 102 minutes equalled a mark set in a Toron- to-Detroit game 12 years ago. DO GOOD JOB they see it disregarded at the highest level. "The situation is drastic and taken." The Sun editorial asks if the time has come for someone to clean up hockey. 'ERA OF ASSASSIN' "This is the era of the hired assassin, a man apparently paid not for his ability to put the puck in th net, but rather his opponents in hospital. . . . When the men who run hockey hail back-alley brawling as a sure- fire box-office attraction and selling point 'for future games, the sport is in danger... ." Senator Hartland de M. Mol- son, president of the Canadi | feels the referees are doing| "the best job possible under the circumstances." "Tf the referee keeps his eyes on the puck at all times, as he is supposed to do, he can't pos-| sibly | see the rest of the ice sur-| face," the senator explained.| "After all, he only has one pair of eyes." Pat Curran of the Montreal Gazette blames the officials for inconsistency in the current Toronto - Montreal series. He says infractions are penalized in one game and not in another _and referees even up penalties between both teams regardless of the trend of the game. Statistics bear out the charge to some extent. Toronto has served 52 penalties to Mont- real's 51 over the five games although Canadiens, assessed three misconduct penalties to Leafs' two, have put in 14 more minutes in the box. 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