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By Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITOR OSHAWA GENERALS dropped another one last night, taking a 3-0 whitewash treatment, at the hands of the Rangers, up in Kitchener. Kitchener's winning streak, a win over "Petes" in the Liftlock City on Thursday night and then their win over the Generals last night, has zoomed them past St. Catharines Black Hawks and not only have the Rangers climbed into 7th place in the, siandings, they are now three points ahead of St. Catharines.-At this time of writing, we had no details on last night's game, but the score would indicate that the Generals gave it an honest try, with. stout defensive play, since the homesiers scored only three goals, But offensively, Generals were obviously some- what less than adequate. With no relief in sight, since every one of the OHA Junior "A" teams is set on improving their position, in this last two weeks of the schedule, the Generals' position becomes more and more hazardous, They wanted , fourth place, for that extra playoff game. Right now, they'll have to pull up their socks, if they hope to finish any better than sixth. LAST NIGHT'S game in Kitchener, their last meeting of the schedule, was likely their last clash of the season too, since the Rangers are climbing up and the Generals are losing ground. We realize that this statement doesn't BASKETBALL EXHIBITION Sport fans who attended the|15 points apiece, were the big big "Basketball Night' at thelouns in Donevan"s aiiack, with; Central Collegiate gymnasium|Fil scoring nine and Tutton six. on Thursday night were treat-| For the All-Stars, Ron Kitch- ed to exactly what was hoped jen and Vic Rudak each potted! for by all concerned, including }an even dozen points, and Gra-| the Oshawa Hawks Basketball/ham Munroe was next, with 11. Club, who arranged the event,| JUNIOR ALL-STARS--Kitch- as a means of "selling" thelen (12); Crosson (4); Munroe| sport to local fans. ); Alexander (5); As an exhibition of basket-|Rudak (12); Zimny, Rajkovic) ball, the doubleheader more|(3); Zedic (6) and Konopacki than filled the bill, providing a/(2). look at both skill and added} DONEVAN CI -- Kit (15); | thrills, with the first game, be-|Medinski (16); Mason (2); Fil} tween the undefeated. Donevan|(9); Tutton (6); Kreasul, Nich- Collegiate Juniors and the Osh-jolls, Barker, Osborne, G. Mac- awa Collegiate All-Stars ending|Donald (3); B. Macdonald, All-| in a 55-55 tie. man (4); Garlichs, Coulson and | Pinto. DEADLOCKED ALL THE WAY Yi Indicative of the evenly |HAWKS EXTENDED matched action this game pro-| In the second game, Oshawa) duced is revealed in the scor-|Hawks, currently leading cen- ing, they were' tied 28-28 atitenders for the Ontario Inter- jhalftime and the game ended | mediate title, found themselves | 153-53. They then played anjextended into the dying minutes extra "overtime" period 'and it| of the game, to claim their win, | finally concluded at 55-55. 62-57. come under the category of red-lettered, earth-shaking news, but we had to siart into this topic with some kind of an opener. Actually, we're getting around to the playoffs in answer to a number of queries we have received, Eight of the nine Junior "'A" teams qualify for the second half of the season beg pahdon, the playoffs. The system adopted for the opening rounds or quarter-finals, finds the team finishing in first place meeting the club that finishes in fifth spot; the second team meeting the sixth and so on. WHATTA CONUNDRUM! As late as last week, we thought we had a fair idea of where most of the teams would finish in the final standing, except perhaps 7th and 8th spots. But the sudden upsurge of Montreal Canadiens, Hamilton's continuing improvement, the sustained slump of the Generals (they've won only four of their last 17 or 18 games) -- then add to this, the recent flock of upsets, such as Kitchener winning right in Peterborough on Thursday night -- and right away it becomes evident that the final standings will not be determined until the last game of the schedule, which is Oshawa Generals, at Montreal, on Sun- day, March 6. Those Junior Canadiens are making a great stretch-drive and since they have two games left with the "Petes", they could even finish in first place, There's going to be a real scramble for those middle-place berths too, but for a ding-dong battle, take a look at the race between Kitchener and St. Catharines. London, with only two games left -- are 'dead' as the Rangers clinched a playoff berth (for the first time?) avhen they stunned over 3,000 Liftlock City fans on Thursday night. THAT BIG WIN by the Rangers over Petes,~ also vaulted Kitchener one notch ahead of St. Catharines, before last night's victory. Rangers also have "'one left for the hill'" -- they close their schedule against St. Catharines Black Hawks, in Kitchener, next Friday night, so now Ran- gers are favored to finish in seventh slot. But the Black Hawks are not anxious to finish on the boitom and they've got four games left, in which to overhaul the Rangers. Which is exactly why our Oshawa Generals, no doubt a little weary from last night's action, will find themselves facing very determined opponents, here at the Civic Audi- torium, tonight. St. Catharines Black Hawks will be really "hungry" for those two available points. But St. Kitts shouldn't be one bit more hungry than the Generals. After all, they've got to salvage a win or two, if they are going to stay in the "top four'. That's where the "odd" game of the playoff comes in as a handy bonus. It has been sug- gested that the Oshawa ship lost its rudder, with the side- lining of Bobby Orr and certainly, the high-scoring leader is missed, but if the team has the determination, one of them will emerge as a bellwether and lead them to victory. THE TROUT SEASON opened today but not around these parts! Ardent anglers who haunt the waters of Central or Western Ontario, awwhen seeking the finny fellows, will have to wait until April 30, (May Ist is a Sunday) before they can wet a line. The two opening dates may be a little confusing but the Feb, 26 start applies only in Northern On- tario and Southeastern Ontario, taking in such counties as Hastings, Carleton, Prince Edward, Renfrew, etc., plus parts of Haliburton, Northumberland and Peterborough. Roughly, the area that became available this morning, is east of a line extending from about Trenion to the Haliburton area For a while, it will be in most cases, just another type of ice-fishing, but the catch is legal. In Algonquin Park and all of Southern and Western Ontario, south of the Parry Sound district and west of the Feb. 26 territory, the trout season opens on April 30 and closes on Sept. 15. Mean- while, the ice fishing on Lake Simece, at Orillia, ete., is reported as excellent! the With One-Sided Victory Seven players shared in the scoring and goalie Dave Gavel saw to it that they were all Oshawa Crushmen aS Crushmen trounced Belleville Rollins 7-0 Friday night at Civic Auditorium, The game was the last of the reguiar schedule for Oshawa. Overcoming eight minor 'pen alties, compared to only three against the. visitors, Oshawa zot goals from Bob Dickson, Frank Sawyer, Roger Knowles, Mike Hewer, Peter Nevin, Phil Solo- mon and Gerry Welsh. Crushmen scored twice with- in 30 seconds before the game was eight minutes old, and they were well on their way to the rout. They added two more goals in the second and three in the third. Leading the Oshawa attack was the Sawyer - Knowles Hewer line. Besides scoring a goal apiece, they picked up six assists, three by Sawyer, two by Knowles and one by Hewer.| Also collecting two assists were Gerry Welsh, recently brought up from Midget, and Gary Brad- ley Following the game, club of ficials praised the shutout per- * formance of goaltender Gavel A league meeting will be held in Belleville on Monday night to detremine playoff dates. Until then, club. officials won't know whether Oshawa plays Trenton Apple Kings or Peterborough Don Byes in the first playoff round TEE: " FRANK SAWYER Four Points FIRST PERIOD . Crushmen: Dickson (Booth, Dionne 2. Crushmen Knowles Pens: Muir (tripping SECOND PERIOD 3. Crushmen: Nevin (Solomon, Bradley f 4. Crushmen Welsh Pens Nevin kneeing)' 1.02, Dionne | (charging) THRID PERIOD 5. Crushmen: Knowles Hewer) 4. Crushmen 7. Crushmen Pens: Crushmen: Solomon Townsent (tripping) 2.3 3.12, Horton Welsh (Sawyer, Sawyer' (Knowles 60 0.24, Horfon elbowing) 8.23, (hooking Dionne Sawyer Hewer (Sav holdidn Welsh tholding) 10.28, CRUSHMEN: D. Gavel (goal), b Ay ) 15.06 otte, B. Edmunds. J. Booth, J. Dionne 8 Dickson. 8 D Bowen r Sawyer, R. Knowles, M. Hewer, P. Nevin P. Solomon, G. Bradley, G. Welsh A London publisher ordered ,, BELLEVILLE W. Brant (gral 1,000 miles of paper' for 'ownsent, B. Boyle, P. Fleming, D./the first volume. of biography D. Muir, M. Mealy, C. Boomhower, J. Prin| Bhive f a biograp le, 8. White, D. Duval, R. Summers Jj Of Sir Winston Churchill by his Ith, L. Stewart, ' son. j Horton NEED MILES FOR HERO D Crushmen End Schedule | The Juniors played at a wide-| Here again the competition! open clip all the way, through-|was surprisingly close, with the lout the first period and most gf/Senior All-Stars whittling a 28-27 ithe second half, but beca ead from the surprised Hawks, \cautious near the end and both/in the first half of the game teams then stressed defensive! Superior condition of the play, waiting for a breakaway.|Hawks, now in mid-season Medinski and Kit, with 16 andiform, plus their combination! Nip-And-Tuck Highlight: Twin-Bill Prest,|C&n Games plays and sive checking; ciding factors although the All-| Stars -held them even, right up| untii only four minutes to go. | Hawks finished with an extra| spurt to win it, but the fans en- joyed the action, with the actual outcome of not too much con- experienced defen- | proved the de-) Veterans Bob Booth, Tom Olinyk and Fred Reilly were the scoring stars for the Hawks, besides being brilliant defen- sively, Booth hooped a total of | 14 points and so did Olinyk,; with Reilly close behind with} 10. Bob Ehlert scored eight. | Larry Lloyd of Central, with | 13 points and his school team- mate John Radzovie with Hl, were the top scorers for the All-| Stars. Dave Thompson had! seven. SENIOR ALL-STARS -- Lloyd! (Central) 13; Vaughan (GM) 6; Burnett (Ryerson) 4; C. Mar- lowe (Central) 4; Hickey (GM) 6; Lyons (GM) 4; Thompson (GM) 7; J. Kolodrie (McLaugh-| lin) 2 and Radzovik (Central) 11. OSHAWA HAWKS -- Reilly (10); Booth (14); Ehlert (8); | Gunn (3); Jepma (3); Calder, Dejong (4); Boivin (6) and Olinyk (14). Scoring Title 37s qh anos May Be Decided Kitchener This Weekend Blank Generals GALT (CP) --The Ontario ' Hockey Association senior scor-| Oshawa Generals continued,terborough both have four gam- ing championship and a playoff |their swift slide toward the bot- es remaining. -- mg - on the line this tom -- of the OHA Junior) fFiyers had to come from be. weekend when Oakville Oaks|'A' standi i Pea gy ee ig Hornets meet in ing 2.0 ta the Kitchener maupers tind, twice. On La lin A eres : nome-and-home series. in Kitchener, \Wosdlky 'seswed tha fim Mids Left-winger Jack Price and) Gary Kurt registered his first|/gara Falls goal. Brent Imlach centre Joe Hogan, tied for the|shutout of the season for the|Garry Meehan and Jim Me- scoring lead with less than a/seventh - place Rangers. Bil-/Kenny were the Toronto scor- rv' rage in the schedule, ly Hway, Jack McGreary anders. collide in the series. Bob Jones were the scorers. | since Chri Hornet captain Hogan scored) The loss left Generals, Wille tended 'ten ther ee nine points in three games last have won just four of their/perch six points atop the lea- week to tie for the lead with|last 18 games, in a fourth place gue, to a point where it is Oakville's Price. Each has 65\tie with Hamilton Red Wings|quéstionable whether they will points, five more than Wood-|two points ahead of the sixth finish in the top four. The first stock centre Bob Robinson. 'place Toronto Marlboros. lfour teams gain the advantage Boat Hurley of Guelph, who In the only other game play-|of an additional home game in -- xagg his club's last/ed, a 3-3 tie was the best Nia-|the first playoff round. our games, has a 3.42 average|gara Falls Flyers could manage; Oshawa has ju: to lead goaltenders by hmlf alagainst the Marlies, The Fly-ileft in hick a polar ae ee goal over Lynn Zimmerman, ers' tie -- their third in four|sition. They host eighth-place (3.94), of Galt and Al Bennett! games -- brought them to with-|St. Catharines Black Hawks at (3.95) of Oakville. in one point of first-place Peter-|Civic Auditorium at 7.15 tonight. After visiting the Marlies at Scoring leaders: (Legend: 0---|0Tough Petes. Niagara and Pe-| "| Maple Leaf Gardens on Sunday, Oakville; G--Galt; W--Wood-| eee : : oe Gu--Guelph; K--Kings-- Remember When Peay Ni zat i in Vises a ee *iplay Niagara 'alls 'lyers| 4 G A Pts| BY THE CANADIAN PRESS here next Saturday and Junior \er a pase Doseicel hg ey 36 29 65 | Harry Greb, for three |Canadiens at the Montreal For-|' we Football (Soccer) Asso- 22 43,65 | years king of middleweight |U™_0n Sunday. bogernetigechest an akg ge wg 26 34 60 | boxing, was dethroned by | + HORT. ra Henle 21 30 51 | Tiger Flowers of Atlanta 40 ALL LOOK ALIKE jdee or Celtic; Dumbarton or 21 28 49 | years ago tonight--in 192s-- | John Hiller, rookie southpaw,|Queen of the South vs. Aber- 24 24 48 at Madison Square Garden. | pitched six scoreless innings injdeen or Dundee United; Ross 18 30 48 | Flowers the first Negro to /five games against five differ-|County or Rangers vs. Cowden- pee : hold the title, lost it later ent teams after the Detroit|beath or St. Johnstone; Stirling : 2 | that year to Mickey Walker Tigers called him. up from the|Albion or Dunfermline Athletic § 46 and died shortly afterwards. |minors in September, 1965, 'vs. Kilmarnock or Motherwell. 2 nA alt anc Senet BILL HWAY DRAW ANNOUNCED GLASGOW (Reuters) -- Draw Price, O Hogan, G. 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