6 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, May 2, 1967 SPORTS BEAT By Eric Wes Times Sports Editor: WITH A LITTLE co-opera- tion from the weather, To- ronto Maple Leafs will kick off what may well be their last season in the Inter- enational League Wednesday afternoon at Maple Leaf Sta- ~dium. Last season, Leafs pre- sented a pleasing brand of *baseball, coming close to a first place finish in the regu- lar schedule and winding up league playoff champions. 2That the club has had good players over the past two years is evident by the fact that much 'of the early suc- -cess of the Boston club in the American League is being achieved with the help of five former Toronto players. RUSS GIBSON has been 'handling most of the catch- ing duties for the Red Sox, with Tony Horton sharing 'first base duties with George Scott. Joe Foy, Bill Rohr and «Reg Smith have also con-' tributed key games to the Red Sox and* manager Dick Williams, himself a Toronto grad, expects Mike Andrews to hold down the second base spot. Rohr, a good looking youngster, has been poison to New York Yankees so far this year, beating them twice. OPENING DAYS in recent years in Toronto haven't had the appeal they used to have, although this year the open- ing has been somewhat lost in the midst of all the Stanley Cup playoff news coming out of Toronto, I can't remember a hotter time in Toronto than this year in Stanley Cup play- offs. Of course, when a club such as the hockey Leafs, not figured to get past the first round, gets hot, it catches the imagination of even the luke- warm fans. MAPLE LEAFS stand an excellent chance of winding up the 1967 Stanley Cup final tonight on home ice, but they're probably expecting stiff opposition from Gump Worsley. Worsley, shunted to the side in the Montreal goal- keeping picture by young Rogatien Vachon late in the season, will probably be used by coach Toe Blake tonight. Blake found out Saturday that Gump can still do the ' job, if, in fact, he ever had THREE MORE NOTABLES... 6 slby GOALKEEPING is a hazar- dous occupation, more so than coaching. Just look at Terry Sawchuk. Last Thurs- day, he couldn't have Stopped a balloon, and left Maple Leaf Gardens' ice with the catcalls ringing around his head. To- night, after Saturday's big jawa Centennial Sports Celebri- ties Dinner, May 16, at Civic Auditorium, is rapidly filling. Latest to join Bobby Orr and Nancy Greene at the front of the banquet: hall are the new head coach of Toronto Argo- nauts,.-Leo Cahill, Canada's top small bore rifle competitor, Gil Boa of St. Catharines, and the Ontario Athletic Commis- sioner, Merv McKenzie. More than 1,000 tickets have been sold for the dinner, spon- sored by Oshawa Green Gaels' Performance in Montreal, he'll step on the ice to the roar of the crowd. But it's old news to players such as Sawchuk. They don't let the crowd get them down. As Sawchuk said before Satur- day's game, "'I'll just go out and do my best, and hope it's good enough". Well, Saw- chuk's best is just about as good as you can get. It al- ways-has been. OSHAWA TENNIS club will be holding a series of Thurs- day night indoor clinics for beginners, commencing _ this Thursday at 7 p.m. Basic fundamentals will be dealt with at the indoor sessions, with the clinic moving out- doors later in the month. The tennis club is situated on Rit- son Rd. N, at Hillcroft. Mem- bers of the club will start ac- tive competition in the To- ronto Tennis League in three weeks. ALTHOUGH MONDAY was somewhat damp, three ball teams still managed to get in Practice sessions at Alexan- dra Park. The diamonds had | been hooped by the city | earlier in the day and there was quite a change from Sun- day's bumpy conditions. In- creased memberships in baseball and softball leagues should make it a busy sum- mer in Oshawa. to," NEXT MONDAY marks the opening of the Ontario La- crosse Association junior "A" |t schedule, with Oshawa Green Gaels playing host to Toronto Township at Civic Auditor- ium. Gaels get a double-bar- relled crack at the Township squad, journeying to Port |? Credit for a Tuesday night return game. Bishop's charges proved over | teams k n League for the series against games will be the least of |the Ontario Hockey Association the weekend that back-to-back their worries this season. |° Should be a good turnout for Monday's game, with season tickets on sale at the Audi- |» in 1956 and 1957 he. was first assistant at Cincinnati. Univer-|ago and resides in Toronto. sity of South Carolina hired and now prepare to meet Port Arthur Marrs for the Memorial Cup. ation's handicap system, were Coach Jim [allowed six players from other to cut their roster from 17 to 15. diens prevented the game from Junior Lacross Club. Proceeds are for minor lacrosse. Cahill for the past two sea- Sons was head coach of To- ronto Rifles of the Continental Football League. In joining the Canadian Football League Argos'. Cahill signed a three- year contract. Born in Utica, New York, Cahill was a freshman centre and guard on the University of Illinois , team which , whipped ULCA 45-14 in the Rose Bowl game of 1946. Following army service in Korea, Cahill returned to foot- ball in the United States as freshman coach at Illinois. He moved to Lewis College as line coach in 1954 and 1955 and then, The head table for the Osh- a summer's Pan - American Games in Winnipeg, and hopes to make the Canadian Olympic team for next year's games in Mexico. Boa is now a resident of St. Catharines, moving there in 1961. If an 'athletic commissioner should be an athlete, no one deserves the title more than Merv McKenzie. This big native of Orillia (he's six feet and weighs over 200 pounds) has competed in most Canadian , sports and was outstanding in all. Bec associated with rifle champion- ships in Canada. Gil Boa's fa- ther, James Boa, was one of Canada's best marksmen, hav- ing won a Bisley team berth 20 times. He won the Governor- General's Prize in 1958. A native of Montreal, Gil moved to Toronto when he was 13. While attending Oakwood Col- legiate in Toronto, he was a two-time member of the Cana- 'dian junior rifle championship i team. In small bore rifle competi- tion, Gil has won the Canadian open seven times and he won the British championship once. In Olympic competition, he was fourth in small bore at the 1952 games in Helsinki; won_a bronze medal for third in 1956 at Melbourne; was sixth at Rome in 1960 and fourth at Tokyo in 1964. At the World Small Bore Rifle Championships in Cara- cas, Venezuela, in 1954, he won the gold medal and in 1966, at Kingston, Jamaica, was the Some claim he's the greatest athlete produced in Orillia, hometown of rowing great Jake Gaudaur, Sr., football star Jake Gaudaur, Jr., and lacrosse great Piper Bain. A high school star in such sports as football, basketball and swimming, it was in la- crosse that he left his mark. Bain rated him the best de- fenceman in box lacrosse 'dur- ing his playing days. LEO CAHILL - . - Argo boss GIL BOA + +. top shooter him as offensive coach for 1958- dian championships in 1955. He ... SPONSORED BY GAELS MERV McKENZIE + » « commissioner cuss and shot put events, and|Miller, placing in the broad jump, hop, Taylor, step and jump and pole vault.|Davis, 59. small bore gold medal winnerjhas not shot military bore During his years in the Royal|He was also adept on the base- He had his first introduction|in the British Empire Games. since 1956. Canadian Air Force in the Sec-|ball field. to Canadian football as assis-| In large bore military rifle) He was recently elected pres-|ond World War, Merv was ant coach to Perry Moss with Montreal Alouettes in 1960, quitting the job in 1964. He joined Rifles two years competition, Gil Boa won the Canadian army championship three times. He also won the King's Prize at Bisley, Eng- 'land, in 1951, and the Governor- The name Boa has long been|General's Prize in the Cana- ident of the Shooting Federation of Canada, the governing body of all Canadian pistol and rifle shooting. He will shoot for Canada in the small bore events at this physical education instructor at}f four different stations. At Saint John, N.B., he was the high point winner in an all- service track and field meet, winning the javelin throw, dis- Marlies Oust 'Thetford Mines In Four Games. By BILL SCOTT TORONTO (CP) ~The aug- mented Thetford Mines Cana- | diens gave everything they had | but Toronto Marlboros had more. 3 "They (Toronto) just wouldn't | play any harder than they had | said coach Gus Bodnar © after his Marlboros Canadiens 5-2 here Monday to ; win the best-of-five series for & he Eastern Canada junior title. Toronto took the series 3-1 Thetford Mines, under the Ca- ' adian Amateur Hockey Associ- in the Quebec Junior hampions, The Marlboros had Only remarkable goaltending y Pierre Chagnon of the Cana- defeated © LACROSSE Assoc. Pee Wees: all players 'Imlach-'We'll Win Tonight | Blake And Reay Say 'Seven' By AL McNEIL | TORONTO (CP) Three 'hockey experts voiced varying #|opinions Monday on the out- +|come of the Stanley Cup finals as Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens prepared for tonight's sixth game. Punch Imlach, Toronto gen- eral-manager-coach, figures his , club is in the driver's seat and ' |will win its 11th title tonight. Toe Blake, Montreal coach, said after Saturday's 4-1 loss in Montreal that the series will lost in overtime in Toronto 3-2, Square Garden in New York by won in Leafs territory 6-2 andla hard-boiled egg. Beofre that lost at home Saturday 4-1. he had been sidelined by a knee Reay said Monday he sees the|injury for three months. series goi full ; series going a full seven games GUMPER STEADY "The way these games are f going I can't see it ending in| However, he looked sharp in less. But everything favors the/stopping 10 Toronto shots and Leafs now the way they've been|said he feels fit and ready to play. going." Reay said the eventual out-| Now Blake must decide come, in his opinion, rests with) whether to return to Vachon or go with Worsley's experience. the goalies. GOALIES IMPRESSIVE "It's a hard decision for a coach to make," Reay said. Bs "Goalkeeping is still the key|°' s a2 "Ty otf cucago|o ih stn ee tity MY, vet ant er DOUG ACOMB ge 'tien ee a when Marcel Pronovost scored La games even though they SPOR TSO DE [ite Lai at the seman an ore TE Bake red to stl th SPORTSCOPE |crampion cana diens 22 inj, Montreal i confronted with a| decide "just before game time" TODAY Gen wal & oa we|?Y_Imlach after the opener. |wnette 'sonnet Weir on Terry Sawchuk started the first game, but was replaced by Johnny Bower near the five- minute mark of the third period get the call. Al Smith, up from Victoria of the Western League, will be Sawchuk's backup man. don't even have transportation booked for a return trip to Montreal . . . we haven't even tried." Practice:. Oshawa Minor BUILDING REMODELLING YOUR SEE HOLLAND FOR MATERIALS Whether you're building or remodelling pe a Hollend Lumber for Hh lecti ee Ga weed pre The "Do-it-Yourself" specialists et Holland Lumber ere always pleased to be of maximum service to the novice builder, and give every customer their individual et- tention. In hockey, he played for the RCAF team in the Halifax and District Senior League during the war. f But lacrosse was his game, He played on two Canadian junior championship teams as captain, and in 1939-40 was voted best junior defenceman in Canada. He wa on two Canadian sen- ior championship teams, with Hamilton in 1948 and Peter- borough in 1951. He was selected on every all- . star team while playing senior and was selected as most valu- able senior player in Ontario in 1951. In 1946, McKenzie scored 75 points as a defenceman, only 15 points behind the league's top oint-getter. a 1966, he was president of the World Boxing Association. Included in the head table guests are Orr, Greene, Pam Beverley Boys, -- Billy Floyd Curry, John John Hayes and the Cen- '-nial Sportsman, Matt Ley- den, Sports Celebrities Dinner Head Table Filling §Pira I Aid! By MURRAY Associated Press § Pittsburgh Pirg everywhere for a past winter-except tal. That's where Bill; and the Pirates we ing him to be of r stabilizing the she corps that threatens them from winning League pennant. The veteran left-! a strong bid for : spot in that rotat night as he won game of the seas burgh's fifth straig an 8-5 decision ove Cardinals. O'Dell, 34, almost that the 12th seasc his last. But that doctors discovered | son's disease. ROUGH SEASON "TI had been sic' first part of last sea ) said after holding th Scug¢ Third ' The playoffs-in t " dale Major five-pin ) underway with Scu ers competing in t tion Series, against clubs. : The ultimate win the club finishing wi est pinfall for a six-g In the first thre the calibre of bowli ly was extremely | Consolation Series 2 | clear indication of © Willowdale Major i "as the No. 1 league major competition. Fraser Movers le after some classy with a brilliant 4343 total, which include game team total of Plantation Bowl second spot with 40: three games. whil Cleaners remained tion with a sound t which netted the Os a healthy 3987. Scu; games were, 1319, 1403. torium and from any member after allowing five goals. BASEB. workout at Oshawa Children's any doubts. ° turning into another rout. Tor- : ¥ ang A Tonight's game, and the sey- @ FRAMING MATERIALS ~ y of the Gaels' executive. onto trounced Thetford Mines|ATena, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. INQ HOME-ICE FACTOR oo Phe Pt notte po enth if necessary, will be tele-\m ° ere Pei povennal @ CEMENT BLOCKS 9-1 here Sunday. In Monday's| SOFTBALL Blake's reaction after Satur-|.° injured in the re-came|Vised on the national network @ HARDWARE SELECTION By THE CANADIA ro game, they outshot Thetford| Practice: Former "Bad day's loss indicated home ice warmup precedin the foarth of the CBC. Game time is 8) @ SIDING SHEETING Netonad dan u ou 1c ory Inc es Mines 17-8 in the first period, |Boys" softball team: all pros- |will not be a factor tonight. canted Baeehan peoleeet hirn (Pm. EDT. @ PANELLING @ PLYWOOD ational Lea; ve a we second and 19-8 in hail held workout at "Home ice won't be a factor|and promptly lost 6-2. However @ FLOOR TILE @ ACCESSORY MATERIALS nee y L sled ;: ayia sleight Soa until the seventh game. That's|he recovered sufficient aplomb LIVERY ARRANGED @ Cincinna ny * L @ DELIV Pittsburgh 8 f Despite their superiority the WEDNESDAY right, only in the seventh game,|for Saturday's win and willl GAMBLE'S SUMMER ee emoria up Ina Marlboros only managed to gain ent, only a Istart again tonight. Chicago a 2-1 lead in the first 20 minutes, | SOFTBALL when we win the cup. King Clancy, Imiach's assist-| HOCKEY SCHOOL St. Louis 9 7 and were ahead 3-2 at the end|. Practice: Oshawa Trans- | The Canadiens won the opener ant, said Monday night there is Atlanta G4 By AL EATON i i ; Mah b iladelphi 8 & ly AL onto or any other team fromjof the second period. porters Intermediate 'AA' |at home 6-2 score, dropped the|no way Bower will be. ready BOWMANVILLE ARENA Philadelphia NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C the Ontario junior circuit in Doug Acomb scored twice for|team: all prospective players |second game in Montreal 3-0,|hefore the seventh game--he JULY & AUGUST } San. on : Z (CP) & Goalie Jone "Adame action. Toronto, and Frank Hamill,|workout at Alexandra Park, didn't even practise today." REGISTRATIONS Sy ot ig 6 sparked Port Arthur Marrs to I just know it's the strongest Cam Crosby and Tom Martin |6:00 p.m. Ch li Co: h Saturday afternoon in Mont- Housion 5 13 a 5-0 win over New Westminster |/eague in Canada." -- each. aa eta ¢ goals|LAWN BOWLING arile MACNEF |real, Blake pulled rookie Roga- Now Being Accepted : 9 : Royals Monday night and a| The teams battled through a pouriet and inde fem Meeting: Oshawa Lawn tien Vachon after 40 minutes For Further Information Contact: LUMBER LTD. * Monday's Res and four goals to insert veteran Gump Worsley into the lineup "to give him some work." | Pittsburgh 8 St. Lou Only game schedu Probable Pitchers Bowling Club: meeting of men members; at Club House, 7:30 p.m. LACROSSE TORONTO (CP) scoreless first period and New Westminster held in check the Port Arthur power line of Chuck berth in the Memorial finals. "Adams was the whole show," Cup Gaudette and Rejean Houle were outstanding for Canadiens, proving themselves more than 'Doing Very Well' -- Charlie DICK GAMBLE 244 Glenwood Cr., Oshawa, Ont. Taunton Rd. E. at Ritson Rd. N. -- (5-Poinrsy Phone 725-4709 Worsley had not played since shouted an enthused Ab Gava|Kilner, Tim McCormack and a match for the Marlboros' 725-8028 San Francisco (Pe ros Conacher, 57, a former star of who coached the Marrs into the|Ray Adduono. speed. But Toronto, as a team,|, Practice: Oshawa Minor {the National Hockey League aig papell Pigg se New York (Fisher 4 Canadian junior hockey finals--| rongpRs SLAPS WINNER dominated the game and, as|Assoc. Novices: all players |and a member of the Hockey|com '© balcony of Madison|l Houston (Cuelar 1- the first time a Port Arthur team has reached the finals in 19 years. Marrs took the best-of-seven Western Canada series four games to one. Eastern champion Toronto Marlboros will meet Port Ar- thur at the Fort William Gar- dens Saturday for the opening game of the best-of-seven games adelphia (L. Jackson Los Angeles (Oste Pittsburgh (Law 0-2) Chicago (Jenkins ' lanta (Lemaster 1-1) Cincinnati (Malone St. Louis (Gibson 3-1 Wednesday's G San Francisco at Ne ' Houston at Philadelp Los Angeles at Pitts Hall of Fame, was released from hospital Sunday and is re- ported by Dr. Douglas Bryce to be "doing very well." Conacher was operated on for throat cancer April 3. Bodnar put it: "They were laughing all the way." The Marlboros plan to head west Thursday or Friday to prepare for the best-of-seven workout at Oshawa Children's Arena, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ROLLER SKATING Public Skating: at Civic Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Ken Rodgers opened the scor- ing in the second period on a 40-foot slapshot. John Healy tip- ped in a weak shot two minutes later to make it 2-0 going into|}; ; the third period. Nowe Hood sacs Kilner tipped in another Rod-| gers slapshot early in the third} e o& : HURRY in to "A period. Cliff Stewart and Ricky| L hy i R OVA L / | ) CTION CENTRE" = final. Klukie completed the scoring. H Chicago at Atlanta | The entire series will be| Don Wallis, backup goalie i Cincinnati at St. Lou played in the Gardens, largest] Vancouver Canucks of the West- a American Lea arena at the Lakehead with a]ern League, turned aside 31 Port | G T wL 5,500 seating capacity, but the|Arthur shots on the New West- : Ni =] = acy Detroit 10 6 remainder of the schedule was| minster goal. od s =a e@ New York 9 6 not immediately known. Cava, allowed to pick up three | The New Name of Dominion Tire Stores Boston 9 6 The Marrs will remain on the|more players for the final, has| Chicago 5 Ae West Coast until Wednesday. been negotiating with Gerry| Baltimore 9 8 New Westminster, trying for|Hart of Flin Flon Bombers and| AUTO Washington 7 8 a victory to get back into con-! Juha Widing and Bill Fairbairn| California 8 10 tention in the series, had sev-/of Brandon Wheat Kings. | Cleveland ee eral scoring opportunities Mon- | Kansas City 6 9 day night but could not get the " Minnesota 5 10 CUP SURVIVORS puck past Adams, who made 29 stops. Monday's ge Boston 4 California HELD FORT By THE CANADIAN PRESS Mew York at Minne "We just couldn't get the puck} to bounce," said coach Bob Fen- Toronto Marlboros (Eastern cold champions) Baltimore 8 Clevelan ve in the New Westminster} Pott Arthur Marrs (Western F RONT-END Probable Pitchers ressing room. : champions) Boston (Fischer 1-1 Cava did not believe there fornia (Lopez 0-2) N. was any turning point for Port FUTURE GAMES New York (Peters« Arthur--"We were the best club, Saturday = Minnesota (Chance 2- it's as simple as that." Toronto at Port Arthur (First Washington (Richer Hannan 0-0) at Kar (Krausse 0-3) and H TN. 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