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GILBERT STARRING Spinal Fusions Work Wonders For Rangers stiff, but otherwise my back By JERRY GLADMAN --* Both underwent operations the off - season and, hometown of ws in Guelph, Ont., the classy bert has Gil- been performing on all cylinders for New York Rangers. In the Rangers' 1966-67 Na- tional Hockey League debut, Gilbert registered three goals and strongly suggested the spinal fusion operation has made him a new man. But the back injury linked has been to Gilbert since his playing days in junior hhanbaw ta avumee | st with team-mate Ratelle, Susan Nat "My back has been bother- ing me for the last two years, but only off and on," said the rangy 26-year-old centre. "It didn't get bad until the end of last season when it began to bother ten. With only a few games to go in the season, the pain was so bad I couldn't bend over to take off my socks." This set the stage for his April 26 operation and doc- tors' reports since then have indicated the injury will not recur. se | feel great, man. LONG WAY TO GO And, needless to say, added encouragement has been sup- plied by Gilbert's perform- ances following his operation. But Ratelle, with Gilbert to on its ear with antics in Guelph, is still a long way from joining his team-mate in NHL action, -- "L won't be going back io New York before Nov. 20 and it's unlikely I'll play in a game before Dec. 1," says the six - feet - one, 175 - pound Ratelle. me mere of- and idle ders." Doctors' scribe only Nov. 1. like a new work up to weeks." The third who teamed serie. Ene set the OHA their scoring pee' Wim es as ener * tion kept Ratelle The opera' in the hospital for 13 days throughout the en- tire summer, "T did nothing all summer, I had to follow doctors' or- orders now pre- light skating for the first week, which began "The doctor told me to it gradually, just skating up and down for two week he will be able to pick up some speed and throw in a few stops and final week calls for body contact, which means Ratelle will be just about ready. ITCHING TO PLAY "It's coming along pretty nal . Sue avUuvwing & BYYE, pour, ks with Kitch- ngers of the OHA junior series. "T was just given the green light Friday. It's still a little ROD GILBERT -RATELLE RECUPERATING SPE FE FRET EOE LEE I SOR IC A SE ip sip SP PREG LG Ra El il hs THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, November 15, 1966 @ Buchanan feels fine. I'm itching to get back into action." It's hoped Ratelle's return will club, picked most experts to finish test tas pr "TI feel we have a stronger club than last year when we finished in the cellar. I think this can stay healthy, we can go." Ratelle hopes to rig' 4 on he his scored 21 goals and assisted on 30 others. Ratelle is a fine playmaker and his the of what they call "the soft pass,"" one which is accurate and easy While he has scored only to oo. RCW man , that his back is on the road to recovery. Shares Lead In Central DETROIT (CP) --Ron Bu- chanan, 22-year-old centre with Oklahoma City Blazers and Alex Faulkner of Memphis Wings, share first place in the Central Professional Hockey League scoring race with 19 points each. Buchanan, Montreal-born Bos- ton Bruins' farmhand, who starred two years ago with Osh- awa Generals in Ontario Hockey Association Junior A ranks, leads with 10 goals. He also has nine assists. Fauikner, 32-year-old forward from Bishops Falls, Nfld., who saw National League service with Detroit Red Wings, has six goals and 13 assists, Winnipeg-born Gary Vener- uzzo of Tulsa Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs farm club, follows Veteran Gerry Melnyk, St. strengthen the New York is a playoff club, Injuries hurt us, but if the guys 1965-66 showing whe a good skater, Finesse is strong point. He controls puck well and is a master to receive. in 218 NHL games, jopes to add more power fanart, Black hg the top maker of the loop with 14 as« his scoring output now GOING, GOING . . . Chal- lenger Cleveland Williams drops to the canvas for hit him with a left and right combination. Clay re- tained his heavyweight title with a third round techni- cal knockout as Houston, Texas, after downing Wil- liams three times in sec- ond round and once in the third. (AP Wirephote) Lack Of Scoring Punch Bothers Coach Toe Blake By AL McNEIL MONTREAL (CP) -- Mont- real Canadiens, last season's Nationa] Hockey League cham- pions and winners of the Stan- ley Cup, have found new and unnatural surroundings -- the league cellar, The Canadiens have nine points--five fewer than first- place Chicago. The Montreal club, picked by most experts as a shoo-in to re- peat its 1965-66 performance, has not been last since March 9. 1945, it iimisncd fifth that year but has not missed the four-team playoffs since. Although his club is in a four- game losing streak, including the two weekend defeats that them to last place, coach Toe Blake is optimistic that the trouble won't last long. He cites two factors--injuries and low goal output--for the de- cline. Last Saturday night was the first time this season the Ca- nadiens iced a full team. That lasted for seven minutes and 13 seconds of the first period against New York Rangers, who beat the Montrealers 6-3. Then J. C. Tremblay crashed to the ice in a collision with Rangers' Reg Fieming and to hospital for observa- after receiving an' eight- cut on the back. of his He was still there Mon- Claude Larose was removed from a Boston - bound train early Sunday with a slight con- cussion and returned to Mont- real before his mates dropped a 2-1 decision to the Bruins Sunday night. Yvan Cournoyer suffered a scratch on his right eye against the Bruins when struck by the puck, but the injury was diag- nosed as superficial. Blake noted Jean Beliveau, Dick Duff, Gilles Tremblay, John Ferguson and Jim Rob- erts haven't scored this season. "Some of our top scorers just aren't putting the puck in the net," Blake said Monday. "If this last place doesn't wake them up, nothing will." Bobby Rousseau is the top Montreal point-getter with four goals and nine assists in 10 games. IT'S GOOD MEDICINE "This will prove good medi- cine for them," he added. "This is a good time to be in last place--better now than later," Blake said he has "too many pea Decne players not playing we "Tt they feel sorry for them- selves it's just too bad. We Hard work is the formula that upper strata, he said. "We don't look for any miracles, just |hard work." | In addition to his current in- jury list, Blake has been with- out the services of Duff, Gilles Tremblay and goaltender Gump Worsley during some part of the team's 10 - game schedule to date. The Montreal coach said he hopes to have the three latest casualties back in action for next Saturday night's game in Toronto against the Leafs, AUTOPSY GIVES NO CLUE TORONTO (CP)--An autopsy has failed to show the cause of death of Philip McCordic, 22, junior Canadian. pairs skating champion in 1962. Mr. McCor- dic, a student at the University of Toronto and an inswucter st the Richmond Hill Figure Skat- ing Club, was found dead in bed Clay Retains Title On Third Round TKO By MURRAY ROSE HOUSTON (AP)--After bat- tering Cleveland Williams into submission in a little more than two rounds, heavyweight cham- pion Cassius Clay turned to Ernie Terrell and _ shouted, "You're next." "I'm ready," said Terrell, the six-foot, six-inch, 27-year- old Chicagoan who is recog- nized as champion by the World Boxing Association. They are expected to meet on Feb. 6, at Houston, Chicago, New York, Las Vegas or Tor- onto, Houston has the edge now after drawing an indoor record crowd of 35,460 to the mag- nificent Astrodome. The gross gate was $461,290. The undefeated Clay, %, floored the 33-year-old Big Cat from Houston three times in the second round and once more in the third before referee Harry Kessler ended the slaughter with the blood - smeared Wil- Hams wobbling. The time was announced as 1:08 of the third. "My main object was to hit Williams was up at two andjfour fights, two by knockouts, took the mandatory eight count./over nobodies. He showed noth- A barrage of blows felled the|ing against the invincible box- dazed challenger again for two. The third knockdown came on) Ky. another flashing volley and Wil- lams: went flat on his back. The bell sounded at five and saved Williams from a knock- out. Williams also was saved by the waiving of the three- knockdowns in one round and you're out rule. Williams did not use a mouth- piece and suffered cuts inside and outside of his mouth, which was bruised and bleeding. "My plan for the fight was to punch--and you saw it," said Clay, obviously determined to show up to critics who say he can't punch, Williams, a noted puncher who had scored 51 knockouts, was shot and his insides torn by a policeman's bullet two years ago. He was given up for' dead: but recovered after three operations. The bullet is still in his hip. After his return to the ring in February, Williams won and not be hit," said Clay. "I was able to do that." "I made one big mistake," said Williams, a 5-1 underdog. as ped my left hand and he nailed me. I don't know why I did it." Clay, strong and fast at 213% pounds, shot- his right) hand over and decked-~the REMEMBER WHEN .. .? Abe Eliowitz retired from football 29 years ago today --in 1937--and moved to De- troit. The versatile back- fielder. of Montreal Indians came to Canada to play for Ottawa after starring at Michigan State. He scored 210%4-pound challenger for the first time in the second round. 141 points in five years in Canada. Broda Finally Discovers Who Cut Trousers In 1934 FREDERICTON (CP) -- Thirty-two years ago someone got a tailor to snip a couple of inches off the pant legs of a suit just purchased by goalten- der Turk Broda. when he tried on the suit, "In fact, he was ugly and if I'd told him about it then he probably would have killed me," The two became good friends, but even when Irvine reminded Broda went on to a long ca-|Broda about the incident sev- reer in the National Hockey|¢ral years ago the former Tor- League and then retirement|onto Maple Leafs netminder without learning the identity of/still wondered who had done it. the rascal. Made at - Pde mem- But the word is finally out. r of Monc awks when Charles Hamilton (Knucker)|'bey won the Allan Cup in 1932 Irvine was the culprit. and 1933-- We were underdogs Both Irvine and Broda turned and we weren't given a chance pro in 1934 with the Detroit to get past Montreal, let alone the West"--and also played for ne 2S Saturday in his parents' Toronto home. OOT MON! "J will move the club back to the} OSHAWA'S SMART MEN'S SHOP 10 KING STREET WEST The Most Carefully Tailored Clothes You Could Wear Shaffe Hillnan QUALITY Tattente H It'S THE TH-R-R-iftiest! 4% \3 : = $, Olympias of the International New Haven aad Providence of gw had just bought a n the American Hockey League laatt wtih ture of pants," and in Fredericton and Halifax. Irvine recalls. "When the boy from the tailor shop brought the suit to the hotel, I looked at it HOCK EY and told him tc have the i i cut twe more inches on eer et TT trouser." 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Clay's share of the gate receipts and the closed circuit television, radio, films and other ancillary rights, may hit about $750,000. The crowd, paying from $5 to $50, topped the mark of 23,306 lured by Henry Armstrong and Fritzie Zivic at Madison Square Garden, Jan. 17, 1941 although the gross réceipts were not a record, The indoor live gate record of $511,010 was racked up for the tween Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson at Miami Beach's Convention Hall March 13, 1961. 'Hot Ribs Clicks For Big Payoff TORONTO (CP) -- Hot Ribs didn't appeal to many bettors at Greenwood Race Track Mon- day but went on to pay a juicy $14600, $34.10 and $15.40 when he won the seventh race. It was the largest payoff of the fall thoroughbred racing season in Ontario. Only 120 bet- tors in a crowd of 7,864 held winning tickets on the horse, owned by Bill Moldowan of Vancouver. There were two $10 tickets, 14 $5 and 104 $2 bets on Hot Ribs. 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