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Q THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, Mey 8, 1967 SPORTS MENU By Geo. H. Campbell NHL REARGUARD... ... BUCKO' WAS RUGGED Orr's Bantam Coach Dinner Guest Oshawa's Centennial Sports Celebrities Dinner will be quite Associate Sports Editor RON BUCHANAN thinks Oklahoma City and the Okla- homa City Blazers, the nest possible "bridge" en route between Oshawa Generals and what he hopes will be his fext destination, a berth with the Boston Bruins. Back in Oshawa for a few days, visit- ing with friends, he has been renewing his Oshawa friend- ships. Had an interesting chat with Ron and found the soft- talking, mild-mannered for- mer Generals' star, extreme- ly enthusiastic about Okla- homa City and its hockey fans. He calls them the best fans in the league, an en- thusiasm for the game that has been established in just two seasons. OKLAHOMA CITY Arena has a 9,000 capacity and the Blazers had an average at- tendance of 6,500 for home games, in the beautiful hock- ey house. The faps have taken to hockey well that they follow their team around the circuit, even as far away as Houston, with one and some- times two busloads making the 500-mile jaunt. On one oc- casion, with their baseball team playing at home, the same night as Blazers had a home game, there were 6,000 fans in the arene while only about fifty attended the ball game. Most impressive indi- cation of the fans' new-found Idve of hockey in Oklahoma City was that on returning home after an important sehedule win "on the road', tHe fans would give the Blaz- ers a standing ovation when bof took the ice. In the play- 's, this tribute was paid to their team at every game. RON BUCHANAN « « « Visiting here THE TEAM proved its ap- preciation of this loyal sup- port by winning the Central League championship and all available honors, finishing first in the schedule session and then winning the playoffs. Ron Buchanan was a major contributor. and his success means that Boston coach Harry Sinden and manager Milt Schmidt will be taking a long look at Ron, when the Bruins commence training in the fall. Ron scored 34 goals and had 35 assists and his 69- point total placed him 10th in the CPHL scoring race. In view of the fact that he missed 14 games, due to in- jury and amassed his total in nly 56 games played, Ron ean certainly admit in all modesty "I had a pretty geod season". A LITTLE GOLF is in- cluded in Ron's plans for the summer, which he will spend at his home in Montreal, along 'with his brother, who this season was with Kitchen- er Rangers. Ron twice suffer- ed a dislocated shoulder but an operation proved a com- plete success and he is look- ing forward to making his bid for NHL ranks. He now weighs 180 and hopes to be at 190 when he reports to camp. Another former Oshawa Gen- eral, Wayne Cashman, also had a fine season. He scored 20 goals and had 30-odd as- sists, an excellent showing for a first-year rookie, in pro ranks, Wayne also had to pass out cigars, as a proud pa. Ron was hoping to run into Bill Heindl, another of last year's Generals, who played with Clinton Comets this past winter. Ron was looking for another cigar from Bill, who joined the ranks of the benedicts, after the last Memorial Cup series. CAPSULE SPORTS -- The UAW Lacrosse League, a group for "adult" players but no special age-limit, that came into being last summer, will change its name to the Oshawa Industrial Lacrosse League this se#son. The change means that a player does not have to be a mem- ber of UAWA to. participate. They are holding an organ- ization meeting tomorrow morning at Brooklin Arena, at 11:00 o'clock and all inter- ested players are invited to attend this Saturday morning session, or contact Wayne Roberts, at 576-3328 ... JIM GUNN, organizer of the Shell Centennial 4000 Rally, pre- dicted that less than half of the 97 entries will finish. Others conversant with the hazards of British Columbia roads at this time of year, have predicted that no more than 25 cars will reach Al- berta. If that snow storm of last week had arrived this week -- likely none of them would have made it. At any rate, already the toll has been heavy. The Shell 4000 is de- signed to be the world's toughest car rally -- it is! MORE OF SAME -- The City of Toronto and its citi- a night for hockey star Bobby Orr. He will be able to renew acquaintances with many of the men connected with his hockey career, including his current National League coach, Harry Sinden, and his bantam coach, Wilfred "Bucko" McDonald. "Bucko," as he was known in his rock 'em, sock 'em Na- tional Hockey League days, was a standout lacrosse play- er before taking up hockey. He moved into the NHL with De- troit Red Wings, as a defence- man, moved to Toronto Maple Leafs and finished with New York Rangers. Following his pro hockey days, McDonald served the Parry Sound district as a member of parliament at Otta- wa, from 1945 to 1957, retiring undefeated. He turned to coaching in his home area, and for years his Sundridge Beavers were the scourge of intermediate "B" hockey in Ontario. He handled Orr as a bantam Hockey BUCKO McDONALD . » » familiar name in Parry Sound, and was sold on the youngster's merits even then, Last winter, after several seasons on the sidelines, Me- Donald returned to coaching, taking over the #Orillia job in senior hockey at Christmas. Four players familiar to Osh- awa and district fans perform- ed with the Orillia club, George Vail, George Westfall and Dune Brodie of Oshawa and John Chaszewski of Whitby. Another former NHL hard rock, Erwin 'Murph' Cham- berlain, will also be a special guest at the dinner, which is being sponsored by Oshawa Green Gaels, with proceeds. for the development of minor la- erosse. Chamberlain, who now lives in Ajax, came out of northern Ontario and was a stalwart on the left wing for Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and New York Americans. He retired follow- ing the 1958-59 season. Chamberlain will be able to resume old friendships with former teammates Billy Taylor, Bill Durnan and Syl Apps at the $12-a-plate dinner, which is expected to attract 1,200. The dinner will be held at Oshawa's Civie Auditorium qi eed just one Japan Leads 2- 0 ane ery the final three matches to clinch the rigbt to In Davis Cup Play meet India tn August in me finals. TOKYO (AP)--Japan took a|"°n° commanding 2-0 lead over the) Watanabe beat Samuel Ang Philippines in Far Eastern Da-|Jr. in the first match 6-2, 6-0, vis Cup competition Friday with|6-2 and Konishi followed with a victories by Koji, Watanabe and|6-1, $-0, 6-4 triumph over Feli- Iehizo Konishi. cissimo Ampon. jon MURPH CHAMBERLAIN . +» old>hard rock and special guests include Orr, 'Canada's outstanding skier, Nancy Greene, and Oshawa's Centennial Sportsman, Matt Leyden. LACROSSE , SAT.., MAY 6th 1 Don't MIMICO Miss It! MOUNTIES == vs THE NEW LOOK BROOKLIN ' REDMEN 8:30 P.M. _ll Brooxiin Oshawa Legionnaires kick off their 1967 Leaside Junior Baseball League season Mon- day at Kinsmen Stadium in Oshawa against East York Kinsmen. Ontario semi-finalists last year, Legionnaires will be handled once again by Jim and Ted Lutton, assisted by Ross Gavel. Besides competing in the strong Leaside League, Legion- naires will also play in the sen- tario Baseball Association. They will play a 28-game schedule in the Leaside circuit, plus an 18-game schedule in the Eastern League. Other clubs in the Leaside League are Toronto High Park, Richardsons, People's and East York. zens honored Toronto Maple Leafs yesterday and what with gifts, lifetime passes, etc., about the only thing the Stanley Cup winners didn't receive was a piece of 'The Archer" ... SHARP 'N SMART, jointly owned by his driver-trainer John Hayes of Columbus, will vie with "Blaze Pick'? for supremacy as Canada's fastest three- year-old pacer, in the Kew Beach Invitation race, Satur- day night's feature at Green- 'wood raceway "ZIP TAR won the first race at Greenwood last night in 2:08 1-5, the season's record to date, for North American two - year - old pacers... PETER BOROUGH, last year's Mann Cup winners, Senior lacrosse champions of Canada, are representing Canada in the first Inter- national Field Lacrosse Championship, this month, against teams from Australia, England and United States, They'll. have a problem, adapting to outdoor weather conditions, the larger field with zones, bigger sticks, a bigger goal and different type of checking, but they hope to make it a Centennial victory for themselves and Canada. Peterborough's only 'home game"' of three, is at Mor- row Park, against England, on Friday, May 19. Joe Frazier Undefeated LOS ANGELES (AP)--Heavy- weight title contender Joe Fra- zier remained unbeaten today 'SPORTSCOPE TODAY BASEBALL Practice -- Oshawa Legion Minor Assoc. Bantam Legion- aires: all players workout at lexandra Park (north dia- mond) at 6:30 p.m. and OLMA Junior Legionnaires: all players workout at Alex- andra Park (west diamond) at 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY LACROSSE Meeting -- Oshawa Indus- trial League: organizati after 16 professional fights. The 23 - year - old Frazier won a unanimous decision over George (Scrap Iron) Johnson in 10 rounds Thursday night before almost 10,000 fans who paid $38,- 200 at the Olympic Auditorium. The rugged Johnson, 26, with- stood the best punches that Fra- zier could deliver and is the second fighter to go the distance with Joe since he turned pro. The other one was Argentina's Oscar Bonavena, who fought Frazier last September in New York. Johnson seemed content in the latter rounds to stave off a knockout and while hurt in the meeting, all interested play- irs are Invited to attend, at klin Arena, 11:00 a.m. last round, did his own version of a victory dance when the fi- nal bell sounded. nile. Furniture | Dale Tallon, oh Rouyn to the all-Ontario juvenile} js Richardson's at Oshawa hockey championship, arrived in|19--Ostiawa at People's In the senior Eastern League, Brockville, Kingston, Belleville and Peterborough have senior entries, Kendall has an inter- mediate Little Britain junior, Port Hope, Peterborough and Orono juve-|joining the team is righthander Bob Lockett of Ajax, who sat Legionnaires have two new/|out last season. faces ready to join holdover pitchers Gary Carroll and Mur-jliams are available for catch- ray Godfrey. Up from the Sklar|ing duties while Drew Allman, John|with Sklar midgets last season, Henry, who picked up two wins|Ron Inche, Tony Jones, Eric for the juniors last season, and|Peterson, Ken Toffan and Frank LeBlanc |events are infield candidates. squad, Oshawa and midgets is Generals Seek Midget Star Oshawa Generals today were in the final stages of negotiating with the player most National top midget-age player in Ontario and Quebec this past season. who sparked F Oshawa Thursday, along with Oshawa officials. Gary Young, assistant to Bos-|; ton 'Bruins' worked hard on getting Tallon to conclude negotiations today. Generals got first crack at the Royn product in a draft of he Ontario Hockey Association unior 'A' clubs. But 'if Generals failed to sign him, there would be nothing to stop other junior clubs from legally signing the youngster, OHA business manager Bill t j Legionnaire Junior Club Meets East York Monday ior bracket of the Eastern On- | his parents, to negotiate with) 2--Peopie's JUNE Harold Cotton, WoRichardeon's at Oshawe di i t G Bt = ag) id Oshawa interested in playing for Gen- e erals next season and expected eee me TED LUTTON . » « Meld manager \ Pat Watters and Rod Wil- By GORDON GRANT who drives a fire department showed his skill Thursday in handling small cars. He drove a Lotus Cortina tains, mud, snow and ice and point, holding onto first plaec in the centennial 4000 rally. This was the second leg, on of the 4,500-mile rally which nesday. On the first leg, Mac- Wilson, a mathematics profes- sor at the University of Water-|t loo, Ont., had only two penalty points, The trip from Kelowna took about made treacherous by snow and rain. On a closed section in the in eastern British Columbia, MacLennan and Wilson, through without difficulty. 'FUN RIDE'--MACLENNAN trouble in the C: d RED DEER, Alta. (CP) --|tire blew out. She drove on but Paul MacLennan of Toronto,jhad amassed a total rescue truck for a_ living, |ley leg. over, here she experienced difficulty from Kelowna through moun-jin thick mud and 'arrived at the overnight stop more than an arrived here without a penaltyjhour late. experiences, was interested "only in getting most difficult say some. experts,|some sleep." winds up in Montreal next Wed-|severe blow to the Ford team in its quest for a second manu- Lennan and his navigator, John|facturers' team prize. team, remained in a strong po- sition for individual honors with a clean run Thursday. He had 18 hours along roads/23 penalty points Wednesday. able on Ford's over-all but it was believed Thursday Cascades, mountainous country|night to be more than 1,000. The citroen team continued to hold who/down first place while Datsun won the rally last year, sailed 7 ia and American Motors i women's MacLennan said the trip was|Smith of Dublin and Ann where a MacLennan Has Lead On Penalty-Free Day Coombe of Toronto, her naviga- of 54° points on the Kelowna-Kimber- But her problems were not Between Kimberley and She declined comment on her Saying that she Miss Taylor's troubles dealt a Roger Clark of London, the hird member of the Ford No official figures were avail- total, In the Coup des Dames-- tor, retained a strong hold on 'irst place worth $1,000 with 28 penalty points Thursday and a two-day total of 56. Diana Carter - Polivka of Tor- onto and Barbara Jean Jack of Burlington, Ont., in a Rambler American, were in second place with 633 points, of which 537 were picked up in Thursday's run, Mrs. Carter-Polivka became stuck in deep mud and called for a tow truck. The tow truck became stuck also and a sec- ond tow truck eventually pulled both out .Mrs .Carter - Polivka also took a 2%-mile detour which cost her heavily. Anita Taylor was in third spot in the women's section. A total of 10 cars dropped out on the Kelowna - to - Red Deer run, clipping the field to 75 for today's journey to Saskatoon. Mechanical difficulties caused nine to drop out while the 10th, a Saab driven by John Lally of Columbus, Ohio, and navigated by Rodman Nye of Youngs- town, Ohio, rolled and was wrecked. Neither of the crew was injured. J COMMUNITY ARENA SANDY DOVERSTEIN Piigeens 1.25 -- Students 75¢ -- Children 50¢ oe ee ee ee ee eee eee eee section -- Rosemary "a fun- ride" but two other Norm -- Bjorndahl, Outfielders include Brian Boyd, Wayne Cookson, son, Al Holt and John Fair. Game time Monday, at Kins- men Stadium, is 7:30-p.m. Sat- urday games will be played at 2 p.m. Following {s the Legionnaires' Hockey League scouts rated the per ad Le for the Leanide LEASIDE LEAGUB MAY &--East York at Oshawa 2--Oshawa at H Park a et Oshawa 2--Oshawa at Richardson's 2--East York at Oshawa 8--Oshawa at High Park at Oshawe et East York 3--Richardson's at Oshawe 12--Oshawa at Richardson's 14--Oshawa at High Park midget players held annually by AMaagas AF Cnows 23--Oshawa at Richardson's 24--High Park at Oshawa 26--Oshawa at East York wa at People's 31--Richardgon's at Oshawa AUGUST 9--Oshawa et East York 14--High Park at Oshawa 19--People's at Oshawa Peter-|are' assessed for failure to meet closed sections were tough. Closed sections are speed in which Cars must travel between two points within a specified time. Penalty points the time limit. Maclennan said he experi- enced difficult in deep mud on Corkscrew Mountain in east- central B.C. and that the Clear- water forest section was made Gray, Irons Marlie Subs TORONTO (CP) -- Toronto Marlboros have selected Gerry Gray of Hamilton Red Wings and Robbie Irons of Kitchener difficult by deep snow in some|Rangers as standby goaltenders parts. Holding because of the length of Thurs- entered Lotus Cortina driven by John Smith of Kingston, Ont., and navigated by John Catto of Ottawa. Karl Schultz and Paul Manson of Toronto, driving a Datsun for the Nissan team, were third with six points. One of the biggest talking- points of the day was the mis- fortune of Anita Taylor of Roth- erham, England, and her navi- gator, Terry Gillies of Mont- real, in their Ford - sponsored Lotus Cortina, BLOWS TEAM CHANCE "Miss Taylor, a 23-year-old black - haired beauty, ran into Hanley yeports. Two players drafted last sea- son wound up playing for other teams, Hanley said, and one, John Wright, is now playing in the Memorial Cup final with Tor- onto Marlboros, He was a St. Catharines' choice last season. Tallon is only one of several top midgets Young is negotiat- ing with for service with Gen- erals next season. "If I'm successful in getting the players I want," Young said, 'Oshawa will have a con- INVESTIGATE Sunny Brae Golf (Semi Privete) Between Manchester and @ 9 Holes 3260 yerds per 36 @ tending club again next sea- son." Golfers and Shift Workers (Lew Week Day Membership Rates) @ Just 12 minutes North of Oshawe end Whitby ar 27, {way be played es @ Per 72, per 63, per 34, per 36 er par 27). @ Apply Early (Limited Membership Openings) For Applicetion Form Write R.R. 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'The Marlboros have pla regular season and | games and won $7, lost : tied 13. At the end of t game OHA Junior A scl they were in third place, ' Kitchener Rangers and N Falls Flyers. After losing twice and League Fin 'For The Bis It'll be the Thunderbir the Firebirds, for the pionship of the Oshawa R tion' Department's Ladies ketball League and they'll it in a sudden-death ga the T. R. McEwen School, next Wednesday ning, starting at seven o The two teams of " qualified for the title when they won their ser rounds, Wednesday night, second games of their game, total-point rounds. Bluenotes, who had lo first. game 31-21, made | lant bid for survival but derbirds hung on grimly, 37-37 tie and a 68-58 win series. In the other game, Fir were again too powerft Maroons, chalking up a win, to take the round or points, 89-52. Carol Hughes and Hughes, with 16 points : Doreen Hughes, wit other five, accounted for the Thunderbirds' points. Sharon Lawlor also sco points, to lead the Blue attack. Chris Nicholson eight and Jeannette K scored four. In the second game, Joz Clelland's 12 points was tc Firebirds with Beryl Jo! adding ten and Sharon Sr contributing nine. For the losing Maroons, Kurianowicz was tops wit points, followed by Clarke with gjght and Chaczewski with five. Or FILTER 71 CIGARETTE / REGULAR and KING