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continues today an d Friday. 10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, Merch 10, 1768 BEATS SASKATCHEWAN Joe Gurowka"s Ontario Rink Scotia 11-6 and B.C. shaded New Brunswick 9-8. Prince Edward Island was idle. GAME WAS CLOSE The Ontario-Saskatchewan en-| counter Wednesday night was a nip-and-tWck _ battle with the Cooksville rink holding ja slim 5-4 lead after six ends. Pickering drew in for three in the seventh after Gurowka rolled lout while removing his oppo- nents' shot rock with his last stone. But Ontario blanked the Leads Canada Championship issue": By DON ANGUS HALIFAX (CP) -- Joe Gu- rowka, the slightly-built presi- dent of a Cooksville paving com- pany, has his eye fixed firmly on Ontario's first Canadian curl- ing title since 1939. His rink took sole possession of first place in the 11-team round-robin Canadian champion- ships Wednesday night with an impressive viciory over highly regarded Bob Pickering of Avon- lea, Sask., in the sixth round That made it five victories in a row for Ontario since Gurowka lost his opening match Monday @ to Lynn Mason's British Colum- bia rink from Burnaby. Alberta and Manitoba shared second place with 4-1 records heading into today's seventh round which pitted Saskatche- wan against Manitoba, Ontario against Northern Ontario, Al- berta a gains t Newfoundland, British Columbia against Quebec and Prince Edward Island against Nova Scotia. New Bruns- wick drew the bye. B.C. TRAILS Ron Northcott's Calgary rink and Hersh Lerner's Winnipeg foursome were followed by Brit- ish Columbia and Saskatchewan with 3-2 records. Nova Scotia, led by Vic Snarr of Halifax, was |. all even at 3-3, with Andy fo ae hye -- quartet, "MICK" MacKAY, oo Charlie Sullivan of Saint John,| {ot Joe Gurowka's Ontario N.B., and Bill Tracy of Bagot-| representatives, from Cooks- ville, Que., had two wins .and| ville, is shown here, getting four losses, Bill Grozelle's North-| 'Squared away" and all set, ern Ontario representatives from| in the hack, for a shot dur- Haileybury were 1-4 and George ing Ontario's big win yester- MacCharles of St. John's, Nfid., was last with one victory in six starts. with lead Temple Hooper thraow- Burke's Prince Edward Is-\ing four stones, P.E.I. was landers were seriously handi- | beaten 13-6 by New Brunswick capped when their skip was con-| as third Arnold , L lewellyn moved! 9- fined to bed with a throat in- -- . fection and missed his sixth- round match. day, in the sixth round of the Canadian Curling Cham- pionships, at Halifax. The Ontario rink defeated Sas katchewan's Bob Pickering 1-8, to take over first place in the "'Brier" competition. and;up to handle the broom | The key sixth-round matches were Ontario's 11-8 triumph ov er) Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia' $| upset of British Columbia. | Curling without Burke JUNIOR "B" PLAYOFFS FRIDAY NIGHT 8:00 P. M. OSHAWA CRUSHMEN ce ee PETERBOROUGH DON BYES ®@ Adults -- 1.00 ®@ Children -- 50c Hec Gervais Wins Over Ontario Rink TORONTO (CP)--Two of the} pre-tournament favorites posted) victories Wednesday night in} the six-rink round-robin playoffs for the national farmers' curl- ing championship A rink skipped by Hector Gervais representing Northern Alberta and Northern British Columbia edged Phil Dixon's rink from Brampton 8-6, while} Don Lewis'. foursome from| southern Saskatchewan beat} northern Saskatchewan's crew skipped by Doug Wankel 7-5. In the third match of the night, Manitoba's Cam Good) skipped his rink to a 8-5 victory | over Cy Little's rink curling for| southern Alberta and southern) British Columbia More than 26,000 farmers, from across the country com- peted in the initial rounds of the competition. The tournament CALLING ALL SPORTSMEN 1f you haven't visited Oshawa's Newest Sports Centre yet... be sure to moke a trip this weekend to Starr Sports ond Marine. You'll find everything for the sportsman . . boats, fishing tackle, boating accessories . . . all at prices too good to miss! ... And... with every purchase you have « chance to win one of our weekly prizes, Remember . . , before you buy... give Starr a try, you'll find it's worth it ! Mercury Motors, guns, THIS WEEK'S WINNER Hilda Dimech SPORTS and STARR MARINA King St, East just past Townline -- 723-0211 KKKKKK & three in the ninth to regain the Northern Untario ot ue views yy lead. column for the first time by) Gurowka stole one in the 10th downing Newfoundland 11-9 in) to move ahead 10-8 when Picker- he other match. Alberta had' ing was light with his attempt to the bye. tap back Ontario's shot rock. In fifth-round matches earlier|Saskatchewan got one back in Wednesday, Ontario downed) the 11th but the winners capital- Quebec 11-6, Saskatchewan de-| ized on their last-rock advantage} feated Newfoundland 9-6, Al-|to count two coming home. berta buried Northern Ontario| Manitoba _whipped Noval in. the last four ends to upset \stole a single in the 10th for throughout, Manitoba had to stage a surge} scrappy GuéBec. Lerner over-| P.E.1. came a 5-3 deficit with three] New Brunswick counters in the ninth end, then| Quebec Northern Ontario what proved to be the winning} Newfoundland point. The lead changed hands three B. C. site lead chanzed bands three! W ednesday s Scores (CP)--Results in| oT battle with Snarr's quartet out- scoring Burnaby 6-2 in the final six ends. The host province stole singles in the 10th and 11th ends for the victory. HALIFAX the Canadian curling champion- ships. Wednesday: Fifth Round 020 010 000 110-- 5 4An Ban 444 nan A 40U 2UU 111 Yoo Nfid. OT W ATTA TAT yee se O@SK, STANDINGS Catiadian Cuniig Gaaimpivn- | 5 410 Von ava "AG © | DU. ship standing Wednesday after inca 001 101 010 301-- 8 six rounds; _|N. Ontario Alberta 001 010 010 200-- 5 Ontario 020 202 202 023-15 Alberta Manitoba British Columbia Saskatchewan 000 202 000 020--~ 6 111 020 101 301---11 Nova Scotia | Manitoba Ontario 004 000 100 303--1 ' | Nova Scotia Quebec 110 101 010 010-- 6: 100 110 202 211--11 022 003 020 000--- 9 002 010 110 010--~ 6 010 101 003 102--- 9 102 011 003 102--11 620 200 300 010-- 8 Sixth Round N. Ontario 001 010 101 020-- 6| Nfld. 226 105 010 108-18 | Quebec 920 100 202 110-- 9| Manitoba 301 001 020 000-- 7| Ontario I Sask, There Are Special Benefits For All BUSINESS EXECUTIVES || to remonst mew to @ "ACADIAN Model '. ae ® PONTIAC pe - = BUICK Been No Insurance costs . PH oy molgeonanne sneln « « See mite eotns on one oF lease items . ay i re MILLS AUTO LEASE PHONE 723-4634 266 KING ST. WEST If you could go for a new brand of performance with this kind of beauty... A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE Pontiac Parisienne Sport Coupe ...then you don't have far to go! It's as near as your Pontiac dealer's! 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