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spoar ECHOES,

By Norman Macdonald Summerside Bureau of The Guardian

Troubled Poetry

"Last Week's Bouquet" end- ed up wiimh a lot of broken petals. At best. it never has the ethereal magic of Shelley «T smarching ythim Al: worst. the rhythm limps like Grand . ut it

all newspaper writers, ‘cal enror, got in its

. came out "queen of the curling

licks, even the rhyme missing We said that Nicholson was "queen of the

W33 Ski

lngs‘ ’—-but it

rinks" and the rhyme went

down the drain. No wonder the! tail dropped off and it appeared I

"Last Week Bouque. "

Olympic Rules I

The worst part of the Olym- plc executive‘: niling which put Canada in fourth place and Sweden in second was the time it was passed. The rules should have all been settled before the first game of this year's Olympic hockey matches was played. Making rules team standings. goals for and against, etc. are almost completed is

Local Hockey Series

The double. double round robin (which must be almost as big as I goose) including RCAF Eva-gilets. Johnny's Hawks,

and the Texaco Combines should be a pretty exciting . Those three teams

although we've never seen the Hoawkis in aiciion. and can't make an estimate on their ability. Certainly the Eagles

Juniors Without Toy

The Junior Legionaires. minus defencemen, “Toy-Toy" Gallant Don Campbell, and forward star Al Gaudet. went to O’Leary and beat the Maroons 5.4 Monday night. which indicates that the jun- for club has plenty of depth in star hockey players. Those boys might surprise a lot of fans even without their key blueline artist, Lloyd Gal- lant.

As we write the Toronto Maple Leafs are reading “The Power of Positive 'I'hink.ing" as they travel to Montreal. so no

Female Vs. Male

As far as Summerside curl. ing is concerned. apparently the female is deadlier than the male. Four rinks of our lady curlers stayed in con- tention till late in the ’spiel. and the Willa Somers rink

bound to favor some team The way the rule was laid down made Canada the goat. If it had been made to include i only the scores of the top ‘ teams, Sweden would have been the goat. when will those hockey moguls realize that you can't wait .till the night before the morning after to lay down those regulations. I

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and Combines look close enough I to wage a teirrific stzmggle forl superiority. as far as 5 two are concerned. The Hawks beat the Eagles 9-4 at Chair- loitctmvn in their last tu.sisle.i can never tell how.

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. many players ravel with thol

visiting team when it's an ex-I hibuion game. Each team plays eight games in this play-off. and some really good: crmvzis should be in attendance.

doubt on another part of this page you " read of the slaughter the Canadiens. Wc-‘ve been great believer

in that particular type of cogi. taiing ever since Dick Noonan did a little of this positive thinking and then made four strikes in a row at Crest Lanes. We tried it right afterwardls and punched -the head pin three times ' a row. After that. we tried the power of positive. under-the-breat1h pro- fanity, but " didn't work either. Guess a fellow has to concentrate more or something.

vsas in the semi-finals, how. i lug out with a 5-2 recor .

As we write. Lloyd Lawless is I all that is left of the Sum- I mcrside male brigade. Lots ' of luck. Lloyd. if you're still l in there. ‘-

Arnold Palmer

Gives Solution

By WILL GRIMSLEY

NEW YORK (AP)—-What pro golf needs. says Arnold Palmer. are fewer tournaments and a "big man" to run them.

Also. the golfing star from

Labtrobe, Pa., added Wedges. dry and dry cleaning business ; “I hope we keep it up."

day. c u rre nt television squ and players is ridiculous would not occur ' were placed in the hands of a single. strong executive.

d a man such as .I e Dey (executive director of the U.S. Golf Association) to admin- ister our affairs." Palmer said. “He be an executive, with power to make decisions,

and

such as on this television ques-‘ on.

'‘It is ridiculous to put such important decisions in the hands of a players’ committee. Jay Hebert (chairman of the play- ers‘ committee) shouldn't be making decisions and announce- ments on long range policy. Our players’ committees c_h a n g e from one year to the next."

Palmer said the tour needed a director with broader powers than those now vested in Jim Gaquin. the present nominal head of the tour.

“with :i) tournaments, I think all the top players would play in all of them, or virtually all of them, know I would. Wit more than that. it is necessary to lay out at times for rest and practice. and this agitate: spon- lot:

"I. don't mean there couldn't be more than 30. there

events. Others could be held on I non-sanctioned basis. a so

CURLING DRAW

The in the curling draw for Thursday at the Char- Curllng Club. (Spares

pan. 1 ‘— G. Bennett, H. Mac- , C. Maclnnes, J. Wilson , L. Blakeney. C. dings. .W. Curtis, 3. Jones, . Bagnall vs. H. . Webster, P. Whit- teraon. -— . White. D. Douglas, . Martin vs. . Kelly, G. Newman. —E. Ta nton, A. Lea- elll, H. Douglu . Macldlllan, Dr. MacKay, lor, A. Horne. — C. Asprey. W. Farrell, , J. Shelfoon vs. T. to. N.

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’of secondary tour, if the play- ers wanted it."

Palmer money winner rccord 5128.230

Palmer, here to add a laun-

was the leading last year with a

to his mushrooming enterprises,

abble between the sponsors Irallkl-" discussed the ticklish I5‘ 1 the Leafs two weeks ago and be-

sue threatening to drive a

If the game wedge between the tournamentlfecme play we were anxious to

players and the sponsors.

The players are demanding rights to the television money. The sponsors contend this should be part of their revenue.

mer hasn't chosen sides in the dispute, but he seems more in the corner of the sponsors.

;St. Dunstan’s

j Defending champions St. Dun- slans High School hockey team will host Montague Regional ‘High School in their second imccting in Interscholastic Sen- lior competition this year. Montague edged out the ‘Saints 6-5 in their first meeting ;at Murray Harbour in a rough land tumble game. I The teams will take to the ice Eat 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon ‘and any hockey minded fan who makes it a point to attend this fixture will probably be plea- santly surprised by the brand of hockey served up by these youngsters. as they give it all they are capable of.

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Burge, former Guardian Sports? Editor and now Public Relationsl officer with RCAF. Des recent-I ly talked with Forbes prior to a game In Toronto). ‘

TORONTO. Ont.. Feb. 8—— Al) 28 years, Forbes Kennedy. left winger. centreman and penalty, killer of the Boston Bruins feels)

he is currently playing the best his skate.

hockey of his eight years professional hockey. ‘

I met Forbie in the lobby of‘ the Royal York Hotel in Toronto! recently before a Bruins-Maple

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Leafs game. Along with team- is much better.

mates Tom and Ed Johnston he‘ was on his way to a pre- game.

dinner so I joined the trio to get with 20 goals or more. Look

some inside information on For-I bie and the Bruins. I

Between mouthfuls I learned? that the Bruins feel they have an outside chance of catching the fourth play-off spot. As Tom

is running out but we have nine games left with Detroit 11 d New York. If we play well enough we can still make it." But back to Fonbie. The rugg- ed Charlottetown forward is in great shape and looks it. He is playing left wing on a line with ‘Guy Gendron and Bob Lieler (he would prefer centre) a n d. als being used extensively forl : penalty killing. “We've g o n 9‘ ‘gone five games without a goal }being scored against us while Tshort-handed. "Forbie told us.

, After watching Forbie against

ling very impressed with his ef-

jquesiion him on his relatively ‘modest s co 1' i n g record (five goals and 11 assists at this writ- ing). We felt that this was not at all indicative of his play. "Definitely not". stated Tom ;Johnston. veteran Montreal de- fenceman of 13 years before be- ing traded to Bruins during the off-season. "Forbie has had his chances but hasn't been getting scoring re ." Johnston pointed out that often the differ-

ence between players having a big or mediocre year is often the difference between hitting a goal post and getting a g o a l. "Beliveau last year had kinds of tough luck getting started. This year he started hit- ting immediately. Very often your year can depend upon how well you have done during the first month."

Johnston added that Forbie was playing a lot of great hock- ey for the Bruins. "He's on a regular line and killing our pen- alties." What‘s his greatest as- set? I asked. “I would say flore- checking. replied Johnston. “He's one of the belt in the business _at it."

HE'S HAPPY

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,‘:cu«RuNo DRAW

FOR MONTAGU:E

Following is the Montague Curling Draw for Thursday, Fe- bruary 13th.

p.m.

Ice 1 —- Ladies. ’

Ice 2 — Tip Top Tailor —— Sub- stitutes provided. J.S. DeaRoch- ea. Clair. E. Murphy. S. Mc- Klnnon vs. A. Jones. Wm. Mc- Intyre. B. Bryant. G. Giddlngs. I p.m.

Ice 1 —- Ladies.

Ice 2 — Tip Top Tailor. Dr. P. McIntyre, M. Wigglnton, E. Duvar. J. McNelll vs. E. Shaw,

. Sorrie . Decltocbea, G. Champion.

And how does Forblo feel? "1 think I'm playing the best hock- of my career right now." he answered." I would say that I'm every bit as effective as last season although I then h ad more points (so points in 49 gam- es). However, last year I was being used on power plays and I picked up a few points there.

‘*1 won! like to get about 12 goal: and 18 assists for another 3) points." continued. "I've been getting a point a game for the past couple of weeks. I had

for about 20 goals at the

Kennedy Playing Best Hockey Ever

(This article is written by Des ‘ever. I wasn't on a regular line

about breaks around chidedgoalie Ed Johnst

for a while and besides my line is being used extensively fo r checking.

‘‘Also I didn't have much luck early in the season. Once in De- troit I had Sawchuck beat and then hit the goal post. Again in Chicago I had Glen I-lall on his‘ back with the net open and I hi!

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forwards always

the net.

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“Fact is. it‘: a tougher league this year and the defensive work

‘name’ players and their goal outputs. There's only about five at Keon (12 goals), Bucyk (10). Red Kelly (5). Henri Richard (11), McKcnney (6). Backstrom (5). Duff (7), Nevin (6), Harris (4-, Hicke (5) and Ron Stewart (4). This is an unusual year in the NHL. I'm the most scored upon goalie in the NHL and my goals against average is only‘ 2.90."

that as it may. scoring oneg goal in the NHL is quite an ac-j complishment. After watching a. game from a rail-side seat wc' left wi n awesome apprccia-I tion of the ability of those men’ who earn their y in . world's fastest, toughest hockey‘ league. Among the six teams) there are approximately 100) players whose long years of sweat. blood and tears h a vet made them the best of their pro- fession. , That. Forbes Kennedy should) ever have made the NHL must be classed as a near miracle Only two Islanders before him‘ ever wore a NHL uniform. They were Wes (Bucko) Trainor, back in 1947-48 for approximate- ly 21 games and Jack Cahill of Summerside for a few games in ‘ an earlier generation. Trainor: certainly w o u l d have had a much longer tenure in the NHL but for the Second World War when he spent five years in the Army and seriously Injured his knee. The war may also have cost “Buck" Whitlock and the late .Iack Coyle NHL careers. It is now eight years sin c e Kennedy turned pro with Chicago Black Hawks after four seasons in the Montreal Junior organization. After a productive 1956-57 rookie season he w a s traded to Detroit with Johnny Wilson and Hank Bassen for Ted Lindsay and Glen Hall. Then followed two and a half years with Detroit. Unhappy with the Wings. he asked to be trad- ed but was sent to nbon for -two weeks. It was two years be- fore lie returned to the NHL via Edmonton. Spokane, Hershey.

Boston last year shortly after Miltsc ware-named coach.

What are some of Forbie's impressions about the NHL? He thinks coach Schmidt in the best in the business. “He understands his players and everybody goes all out for him."

Toughest defence? Outside our own, it’: a toss up between Chic ago and Toronto with the Leafs having the edge. You play each defenceman individually a n d try to exploit his weakness. Harvey and Red Kelly were the toughest I ever tried to o

mov than Beliveau,

getting fewer penalties year than of old, are you begin- ning

back, “definitely not. I play as rough as ever. Let's put it this way. I know a few more tricks now and perhaps I'm a little smoother. Of course. I always, was a clean player."

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and Edmonton again. He joined.’

ISPORT OF KINGS

1 Hockey Playoffs In Kings Are Now In Full Swing

By ED CLINTON Sourla Bureau of The Guardian

The Island intermediate .p|ay-ifour teams in the “C" division. offs are underway. Four teams In the

"Gordie Howe was and still is the greatest of them all. And he's just as great off the ice as on it. I remember telling him in a game last year that he was too old. The next play he really took me into the boards. I didn't know if he was mad or not, then at the next face-off he started to

laugh." . , The hardest shot? Definitely Bobby Hull. He's dangerous

even from centre-ice. Ed John- ston confirmed this. "He fired a shot at me one night_-and it went past my head before I c ould

e. His shot is far harder Gcoffrion, Ma-

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bavolich, anybody.

PICKS MONTREAL

Who will lead the league? For-

’—_i we picks Montreal. --They husge; settle their differences. It should every second. They're probably} turn out to be quite a series.

not as good as Chicago but they] never let up on you.

.. I stion. “You're I

And another que i h l s I

to mellow?" “!\'o". he shotg

What does Forbie think of the future? At 28 he should have many more good hockey years left. Howe is 35, Red Kelly %. Doug Harvey 39 and the Rocket retired at 39. Forbie won't com- mit himself. He'll play each sea- son as it comes and give his best. He's extremely happy in Boston and doubtless would like to stay there. There's a lot of Maritimers in Boston and in many ways it's just like home

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Would he stay in Boston after ‘he retired? "No, I want to go back to the Island. I've been of- fered a very good job in Boston but I don't think I will take it. I will try to make my future in

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We were now back at th e Royal York Hotel and it was time for the Bruins to rest. With th feeling of pride which one Islander feels in the success of another we parted from the man we consider the‘ -best h o c key player ever produced on P.E.l.

Iare entered from King: County

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iin the ‘'3'’ section. and also '13" division. the draws send Montague against Murray Harbour. and e o r g e town against Souris. The “C" playoffs are round robin affairs with

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Borden Stages

The annual School lce Sports for Borden. Carleton, North Carleton and Cape Traverse were held in Borden Rink re- cently, attended by a large num- ber of parents and spectators.

Following are the results:

‘Annual Sports

Girls 7 and under, 1. L1 nd a Ontway. 2. Geraldine Richard. 3. Connie Robinson.

Boys 7 and under, 1. Roddie MacDonald, 2. -Kenneth Cog- ginl, 3. Michael Ozon.

Girls 8 years, 1. Louise Camp-

Seven Mile Road, Souris, an Heatherdale in one set, while Morell is matched against two Queen‘: County teams.

The Georgetown- Souris series keeps up an old rlvailary. Last year Souris won in s tr aight games, but, every close. And this year looks no different. The Eagles fr o m Georgetown won the first game, in Souris 4-2. There an a few differences among the players on the Souris squad, with the result that they did not have I

{been setting a torrid scoring

full team for the game. If they

The Montague- Murray Har- bour series is shaping up as a dilly. The first ‘game in the home of the Bruins ended in a 2- 2 stalemate. Montague, pushovers in recent years seem to have a stronger team this year, and definitely have designs on Is- land honors. Stan Peardon is their big gun and to date has

pace.

INTERMEDIATE “C"

We don‘t know too much about the “C” teams in King's. Scores of games played during the ex- hibition season point to a close playoff round. In the em‘: series. we feel that Morell should be able to win, wi minimu difficulties. They have a strong team this year, and we look for them to go all the way.

Bowling playoffs are progress- ing rapidly in Souris, with the result we've fallen behind in making our predictions. 0 u 1' three predicted winners in the Women's League all came through for us. We had mention- ed to some of the bowlers, al- though we hadn't mentioned in this column that the Top Notch- ers would beat the Touchdowns in the semi-finals. and that is ex- actly what they did. They now meet the Pixies in the finals, and we call for the defending

game was our

champions. the Pixies to o n c e again annex the title.

The elimination rounds in the Men’: League weren't finish- ed when I wrote this. but. should be when you are reading it. If p ' winners win. then we call for the Night Hawks to beat the Smoke Eaters in th e semi-finals, and advance to the finals against the Perfectionists. The one upset could be the Per- fectionists - Flintstones series. If the Flintstones did manage a win. then our call is Flintstones over the Smoke Eaters in the semi-finals.

Another basketball tournament. was held in King's, t ‘s time in

11,2. Pamela Bernard. 3. Sheila Dealtoches.

Boys 8 years, 1. David Mac- Leod and Reggie Robinson. 2. Allan Murray 3. Charles Mac- Kenzie.

Girls 9 years. 1. Jeannette Robinson 2. Real: Mary White, 3. Michelle Gillan. .

Boys 9 years, 1. Peter Cog- ginr, 2. Donnie Rogers, 3. Law- rence Lynch

Int, 2. Darlene Paynter, 8. Ma- rie Sutherland.

Boys 10 years, 1. David Mac- Donald, 2. Allan DesR_oches. 3. Paul Pickering.

Girls 11 years. 1. Lynch, 2. Corinne Morrison. Sheila Jay.

Bonnie ti

Montague, with Morel! Region-

al High School walking off with

top honors in both the boys and girls divisions. Paul MacGuire and Marie Murphy once again sparked their individual teams to their titles. This was the sce- ond such tournament in tw o weeks. with the first being held in Souris the week previou s. Morell will have a tournament a ittle later. when they host the Island championship tournament this year. Last year it was held in 0'Leary.

There were teams enle re d from four centers: Monta g u e. Morell. Souris and Althena. The Boys consolation title was won by Montague, while the Monta-