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By Eric Wesslby Times Sports Editor A year ago, Oshawa Generals were entrenched In first lace in the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior "A" gue, three points ahead of their closest competitors Niagara Falls Flyers, What a difference a year makes, Today, after 21 games, Generals trail Flyers by two points, They also trail five other clubs and unless some layers start clicking for goals, they are in danger of ing passed by two other teams, BEFORE THE SEASON started, Generals were rated a solid fifth place choice, with such holdovers as goal- keeper Ian Young, defencemen Barry Wilkins, Chris Roberts and Nick Beverley and forwards George Babcock and Bill Little returning, Things have changed, though, Kitchener, Hamilton, St, Catharines. and London have proven stronger than they figured to be, while clubs touted as league power houses, Montreal, Niagara Falls and Toronto, have had more than their share of trouble, GENERALS GOT OFF to a good start, and maybe this lulled a few into a false sense of security, True, they weren't scoring many goals, but everyone was working and threé goals were enough to win with, what with Young proving his right to be billed as the top goalkeeper in the league, Suddenly, however, no one could buy a goal, and even the worst studerit in mathematics knows you can't win if you don't score, no matter who's playing goal for you. In their last six games, Generals have scored eight goals, five coming in one game, In that time, they've surrendered 18. Miracle is how they managed to earn three points in that span, WHERE OTHER CLUBS in the league have one and sometimes two players with more than 10 goals, Generals do not have one, They have only three with more than five. Obviously, there is room for improvement, Coach O'Connor points the finger at centre, where only Bill White has produced with anything resembling junior "A" 'ability, The club lost forwards Bill Heindl, Danny O'Shea and Wayne Cashman from last year's Memorial Cup finalists, and so far, no one has emerged to take up the slack caused by the loss of even one of 'this trio, And no ;one expected a defenceman to come along and replace Bobby Orr as a goal-scorer or play-maker, WHAT'S THE ANSWER? Trade for a centre man? Who 'are you going to offer? Most clubs have junior "B" per- 'formers capable of displaying as much talent around the net as some of the Generals have shown this season, If + O'Connor is forced to trade, you can bet he'll have to give up a valuable performer to get a centre or a goal- 'gcorer, Several players have been offered Generals, but each time a defenceman is the asking price. Maybe Ted will have to deal off such a performer to get what he , wants, GARY YOUNG, who'beats the bushes searching out talent for the Boston Bruins, is travelling this week, and {t's possible he may unearth someone who can help the club. Rick Gerow, the newcomer Generals picked up last week, should help, but he's not going to pull the club up by himself, Some of the players with junior 'A' experi- ence are going to have to pull up their socks, muck in and work a little harder, The league this season is so com- petitive, a club can win three of four games in a row and be right in the thick of the scrap for first place. Maybe the club could borrow that motto, "We try harder," Three members of the Generals have been selected on the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior 'A' All-Star team which will play the Czechoslovakian National team in Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, Dec, 28. They are goal- keeper Ian Young and defenceman Nick Beverley and Barry Wilkins. TODAY'S SPORTSCOPE Ted Boivin scored four goals and led Leafs to a 5-2 victory over Rose Bow! in Oshawa Minor Hockey Midget play. Rick Gilmore picked up the other Leaf goal while Clay Plumadore and Bill Werry scored for Rose Bowl, Firefighters defeated Cana- dian Legion by the same score, as Dave Heard scored three goals and Joe Izdebski and Jim Bushnell one each for Fire- fighters. Joe Carvana and Jim Coedy scored for Canadian Legion. Wings downed Letter Carriers 4-1 on single goals by Danny Paget, Jim Andrews, Peter Dave Bishop Investors won the first four of their five-game session with Aprile Lanes team, in Toronto Metro 'B' League five-pin ac- Season's Five - Game High Free-Scoring S prees Feature Minor Games Bakogeorge and Michael Ran- court, Letter Carriers' goal was scored by Mark Clarke, Local 222 beat Navy Vets 7-4 with two goals coming from Bill Holmes and single goals from Gary Lonsberry, Larry Flips, Bob Armitage, Ray Smith and |Dave Pultz.. Paul Bycok picked lup three goals and Joe Micallef one for Navy Vets. BANTAM GAMES Terry Lloyd scored three }goals and led his Duplate team to a 3-2 win over Houdaille In- |dustries in the opening Bantam |game, Alan Boivin and Ray Al- jward picked up the Houdaille igoals, Rolls 1,462; Ernie Cay Lumber lost their first game in schedule play as they were downed 3-2 by Local 1500, Mike O'Neil, Jim Crowells and Gary Elliott scored single oals for the winners while Todd indar and Mike Masney scored for Ernie Cay, Robert Small scored three goals to lead Novice All-Stars to a 7-2 win over Fernhill Park Bantams, Other scorers for All-Stars were Dave Goguen, Terry Harper, Gary McLean and Jim Duignan while Andrew Maykut and Don Layton scored for Fernhill, JUVENILE GAMES Auto Worker's Credit Union blanked Tony's Refreshments 4-0 on goals by Paul Brockman, Walter Grabko, Brian Lock and Nigel Alan, Oshawa Dairy defeated Hay- | The fourth game also went) |to investors, when the whole a 1,465 total, over Aprile Lanes' team got "hot" all at once, for| Hayden Macdonald, den Macdonald 7-1 as Ted Good- child scored twice and single goals came from Tom Dart, eter Andrews, Daryl Hudgin, Doug Suppelsa and Dan Loge- man, Larry Tresise scored for DIXIE FOILED -- Dixie Beehives' Wayne Stickley (18), second from right, gets ready to retrieve the rebound of teammate Wayne Ego's shot in front of the Whitby Lasco Steel- ers' net during action in Monday's. Metro Junior "B" Hockey League game at Whitby Arena, Moving in to help goalkeeper Ralph Moore are Rick Thompson (2), Jim McCord (15) and Mike Keenan (18), Whitby won the game 6-3 and took over first place in league standings, Oshawa Times Photo Lascos Lead, Thump Dixie By CLIFF GORDON WHITBY -- Playing an in spired brand of hockey, Whitby Lasco Steelers last night took over sole possession of first lace in the Metro Junior "RB" 'ockey league as they trounced Dixie Beehives 6-3 at Whitby Arena, The win was the second in two nights for coach Jim Cherry and his charges over the Bee- hives, and gives them a two- point bulge over the idle Wes- ton Dodgers, There was narry a repeat scorer in the nine goals scored, Peter Vipond, Don O'Donaghue, Tommy Lavender, Al Paterson Al Quintillian and Paul Reid scored for Steelers, Steve Stirling, Wayne Stickley and Wayne Ego scored in aj losing cause, Ego would have to get a big hand in the fact that he suffered a broken nose midway through the second per- fod, and after a quick. visit to the doctor, came back to score a goal in the final stanza. Steelers, sensing the pressure of taking over first place all alone, started rather slowly, and as a result, did not show thelr form until almost midway through the initial period, Vipond scored on a three-way passing play with Reid and Lavender to give the home fans their first chance to cheer, O'Donaghue followed with an odd goal at 12:45, with Knapton and Quintillian getting the help- ers. This goal caused consider- able beefing from, the oppos!i- tion, as they claimed that the play was offside, Actually, the goal was shoved into their net by one of their own players, and Poor ciearing by -iie iseas defence allowed the visitors to hit pay dirt at 19:31, Dixie came out storming in the middle frame, and tied the game at 2-2 after 18 seconds as once again the local defence was slow in getting the puck out of its own end, Lavender scored at sels however, and Paterson follow at 15:44 to give Whithy a 42 lead after 40 minutes of action, Steelers showed their usual third period kick as they took a 6-2 lead on goals by Quintil- lian and Reid, before Ego mane aged his tally with less than hy minutes of play remain: ing, JUST TALKING ,.. . mana ger Ivan Davie and g¢oach Cherry were happy fellows fol- lowing the game... They both felt it was a fine team effort that won for them , , , Coach Cherry pointed out that Chuck Gyles, playing with a badly swollen ankle, refused to give in until rested by the local coach, Gyles is only 15 years old and shows a lot of promise for a real top notch ie So wie Whitby is idle until day night, when they will meet Woodbridge Rangers. Steclers have a score to settle for the 6-3 defeat handed them here on the last visit by the league's newest entry, LINDSAY WINS 7-5 Jim Coombs scored six goals as Lindsay downed Oshawa 7-5 in an exhibition novice hockey game, Lindsay's other goal went to Doug Mackery while Oshawa goals were scored by still two assists were allowed on the play, Garry MacLean, Jim Dingman, Gary Wiltshire, Robby Small Eight Canadian whiskies use the word "'Gold"' So don't be dazzled. Taste sets Hiram Walker's GOLD CREST and Terry Thompson, WALKER'S GOLD CREST Waly dead apearly for Ke smnadiour by Ham Ween See ee << tion, this past weekend, but the|1,058, Bishop's sensational 374, | HOCKEY jsue: -- Kinsmen Club vs Ro-| really big news 'was the splen- Civil Service League: --|tary Club, at 8:00 p.m, and Ki-|qiq five-game total rolled by Chow's Restaurant vs Whitby|wanis Club vs Lions Club, atione of the Investors, Dave Du Ponts, at 9:00 p.m. and/9:00 p.m; both games at Civic Rishop, of Oshawa. it was only three pins more! City Hall vs Foote's Towing, at|Auditorium, | Bishop's contribution to the/than Bishop picked up by him- 10:00 p.m,; both games at Bow- " iteam's success was 236, M41,/self, for the day, manville Arena, | Iry i \298, 374, 215 for an outstand:| Aprile Lanes rallied. to win CYO. Atom League: -- St. Port Pe Trims ling 1,462 total, the season's! the last game, 1,231 to. 1,122.) Sunderland Squad Hedwig"s + St. Phillips vs St, record high and one apt to/Qniy Kd Brown of the Inves- Gregory's, at 4:15 p.m; St. stand up throughout the 1966-67 \tors was in good form in this! Gertrude's vs Holy Cross, at} PORT PERRY -- Port Perry| schedule. one, his score being 258, while| 4:55 p.m, and St, Joseph's vs|downed Sunderland 9-6 to re-| Harold Ballem's 320, together) roster and Dawe with 299 and! St. Mary's, at 5:35 p.m; all)main in first place in the On-| with Ed. Brown's 295 were the games at Children's Arena, jtario Hockey Association Inter-|big scores for Investors' first) 282 respectively, headed the Gules Mined Anant: Bantam | "ediate "C" League, The teams) win, 1,255-1,063 while Al Dawe's) press winners, | foe } Gifts D " C I $ ll P k meetin 'Port Parte" Wasaday tanned the ineers with: $28 | Total pins for the five games, | Fae 2 All Fine I on ome n ma ac ages ! 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