SPORTS FRONT

Black Hawks Meeting Leafs

By JIM CULLEN

AllaixteamswlllbeinactioulntheNaflonalHockey . The Chicago Black Hawks will envade Maple Leaf . be .

and this contest Will

this umin went to press. In other National League act be pitted against the Canadiens in Madison Square G

coached aggregation. We got our first look at the they down

opinion that with them

There were several nimors of a couple of weeks ago. then sud

to click and before long the Billy Reary coached racked up-seven straight victories. is o bers of the Chicago club hElvere

some of the mem where they belonged and after Hawks started to score goals at

The scoring sensation of the tributed more than his share to There

was sacrificing the teams chances of our displaying his talents against the Toe Blake coach-

g ambitions. but we changed

watched him

Pilate didn't seem to possess on the Chicago defence in p We will be hoping for the

victory in Maple Leaf Gardens ton

Tid'Bits From Here And There

The Ottawa Montegards of the St. Lawrence Senior League will be leaving Ottawa December 29 for E they will play 10 or 12 games against European hockey teams

between December 31 and Janna

his head between

der the influence of alcohol.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be missing the services of star winger Andy Bathgate tonight who WI“ be out of action

for approximately five weeks celved in.a National League g Wings last Sunday night.

There. will be skating sessionsn agethe Charlottetown Forum W1

today for all age groups.

youngsters to trv out those new and it will give the holiday season.

The West German entry in the world amateur hockey

pionships next month will play

Southern New Brunswick Hockey

mnoger John Voutour said F

has been guaranteed $3,000 for

team played in the Lord Beaverbrook

Cookie Gilchrist I - ls Biggest Threat

NEW YORK (Am—The No. lfthree single-season aerial rec-

job of the San Diego Chargers in the American F o o t b all League title playoff game today will be to stop the League's top ball-carrier. Cookie Gilchrist of

The AFL year-end statistics. released Thursday. show Gil- christ picked up more yardage on the ground than any other player during the season.

The 250-pound fullback from Toronto ground out 981 yards. beating out New York's rookie Matt Snell by 36 yards. Clem Daniels of Oakland was third with 823 yards.

League records were set in in- dividual scoring. passing and pass reeeiving. Gino Cappellettl. the Boston Patroit‘s star end who was named the Associated Press‘ AFL player of the year. scored 155 points—eight more than the previous high which he set in 1961.

He scored seven touchdowns and kicked 25 field goals and 37 converts.

Houston's George Blanda and Charley Hennigan collaborated as a passer-catcher team for

Rifle Shoot Held At York

The following are the results of the rifle shoot held at York.

lack Hawks have climbed from fifth place in the second ace tie with the Detroit Red Wings and they are foil- points behind the league leading Montreal Canadiens at the

'new‘ Chicago aggregation last ed the ch is quite a feat for any team.

when this Chicago squad starts pulling together that there isn't a team in (the league that has the ability to cope

denly the Chicago team began d ha

were times when we thought maybe the ‘blond heir :

rewous season Chicago

s picked up in Denver Friday .by men . The big ex-heavy'we'ight champion of the world sat in the patrol wagon for several minutes wrth his hands before getting out _ . . After a breath test he was held for investigation for drivmg un-

the parents a chance to stretch their legs during

(the local TV station. stun ‘ 3

ion the Detroit Red Wings will and the Boston ins will be order: against the Red Sullivan

renclnnen‘ on We hia

‘Flying ve (the

dissension in the Chicago camp

squa bserver believes that told just exactly the air cleared Black a five ners:an clip.

Black Hawks 13de H

the rise of the Chicago team; bom

'inning for his own scor- mind about that when we

mlth to come out with a light.

Hockey wrope, where

ry 16.

of the we

with a broken

thumb re- am against the Detroit Red

a good chance for the

skates. they got for ristmas

chairi- Lancaster onsehea of the League Jan. ml. Lancaster riday that the West German the game which will be rink in Saint John. ,

ords. Bianda. the Oilers' veteran quarterback, established highs for pass attempts, 505. and com- pletions. 262. '3 favorite re- ceiver, Hennigan, grabed 101 passes to beat by one the mark set by Lionel Taylor of Denver

three years 0. . 0n the basis of passmg ef- fenciency. however. the title

went to Len Dawson of Kansas City for the second time in three years. Dawson had a 56.2 completion average and threw 30 for touchdowns.

Jim Fraser of Denver aver- aged 44.6 yards to lead the pun- ters. Dainard Paulson of New Yor w the best pass de- ‘fender with 12 interceptions. Bobby Jancik of Houston aver- aged 15 yards in punt returns.

0 Robertson of Oakland led the kickoff returns with a 28.0

BOSTON BRUINS goalie Ed Johnston is about to land on his back as he and Red Green (6). also of the Bruins. failed

goals, coupled goaltending by ended New Yo - game winlessl streak Friday night as the Ran- gers beat Boston Bruins 3-0.

A Boston garden holidayl crowd of 12.581 saw Plante! achieve his 62nd shutout in the: majors, time and again frus- trating Bruins bids.

Rod Gilbert assisted on all three Ranger scores.

Lou Angotti got the third goal‘ for the visitors at 13:48 of the! finale, drawing down ' home forces a volley of mas jeers.

Henry started Boston toward its sixth loss in seven games by converting Phil Goyette's re- bound at 14:01 of the first pe- riod. Boston goalkeeper Ed Johnston was helpless on the ice.

MADE 12 SAVES

Plante made 12 saves in the second period to foil Boston while the Bruins survived nearly seven short-handed min-

Hockey League with shutout Jacques Plante,

on t, Christ-

utes.

Henry put the decision away. scoring on his own reboun at 8:34 of the third period.

The Rangers have lost to Bos- ton only once ln six meetings this season.

The Bruins may have to play tonight's game in New York

BOSTON (APJ—Camille Hen- ner 8:47. Plante ry‘s 240th and 24lst National Henry) 12:43. Boivin 16:11. Penalties—none.

e enko’s goal W1 land 22 seconds left to play and hi

to keep Camille Henry of the New York Rangers fro m scoring in the first period of their National Hockey League

N.Y. Ends Winless Streak To Shut Out Boston 3-0

(served by I

Green 16:59. Third 2 New York,

Pe od — _ Henry 14 (Gilbert) 8:34. 3. New

1Black Hawks Tie Maple Leafs 3-3

CHICAGO (CP)—Eric Nestor- 'h four minutes

5 ream short - handed pulled the Chicago Black Hawks into a 3-3 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs here Friday night.

The goal climaxed an uphill pull for the Hawks who were trailing Toronto 3-1 after the second period. Stan Mikita had scored for the Hawks a few minutes before Nesterencho’s tying goal.

The tie which extended the Hawks unbeaten string to eight games left them in a tie with Detroit for second place in the National Hockey League race.

Toronto remained in fourth place a game back.

Bill Hay’s rebound on a shot 1by Ken Wharram gave th Hawks a 1-0 lead in the first period but the bustling Leafs who have beaten the Hawks

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game at Boston Garden last night. (AP erephoto)

York. Angotti 5 (Gilbert) 13:48,

1212 3—32 10 7 9—26

Plante Johnston

North River Hockey League Ready To Open

At a recent annual meeting of the North River Senior Hoc- key League it was announced that weather permitting league play will get underway at 8.15 Monday, Dec. 28.

The league consists of four teams. the Pawns] Royals. win- ners of the W.R. Shaw Trophy last year: the Hampshire Bull- dogs. last year‘s. intermediate 8 champions of the Island: the Mt. Stewart Sea Gulls. Island Intermediate C champions and the Nine Mile Creek Bulldogs.

At the meeting Fulton Warren was re-elected league president. and Bruce McKinley league se- cretary. Mr. Warren has been president of the NRSHL since 1946.

By ROBERT MacKENZIE

OTTAWA (CP)—There's a big difference between a blue line and a goal line. but for Mike Blum they have one thing in common—his job is to keep the opposition from crossing them.

Blum, a 22-year-old Ottawa native. wasted no time moving from football to hockey after Ottawa Rough Riders were eliminated in the Eastern Foot- ball Conference finals.

The ‘rookie defensive end and corner linebacker laced on his

man with Ottawa Montagnards of the St. Lawrence Senior Hockey League.

But he has no intention of fry- ing to make the grade in pro- fessional hockey.

‘Football's my game and hockey's just something to help me keep in shape during the off- season.‘

* Blum. who played his junior hockey with another Mon-

skates and became a defence- “1

nmindr

Howe's Geal Sparks Fight As DetroitTies Montreal

DETROIT (AP) Gordie Howe scored his second goal of the game at 4:06 of the final period tonight to pull the trolt Red Wings into a 2-2 Na tional Hockey League tie with the front-running Montreal Ca- nadiens.

Howe gloved down a high pass from Eddie Joyai just out- side the Montreal blue line and goalie Charlie Hodge sopped his first shot but Howe fired the rebound along the ice for

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Montreal protested vigorously Larose

with coach Toe Blake putting a foot on the ice and defenceman Jacques Laperriere argued so

tagnard club. may have another reason for going back to hockey after a one-year layoff, The Montagnards, who reached the Eastern Canada Allan Cup fin- als last season. leave Dec. 26 for an 18-day. lz-game tour of Europe

'We're not sure who we will be playing. but it should be a good trip,’ Blum says.

WANTS MORE WEIGHT ‘But conditioning is still my main reason for playing this

nter. "Don't get me wrong—I love

hockey. But football comes first.‘

Blum explained he wanted to gain some weight ‘in the right

places" over the next couple of years, ‘and that means I have

to stay active. ‘I weighed 210 pounds last season, and that meant a lot of running backs outweighed me. I think I can stand another m mainly around the

in a 12-2 record and the Western Division championship. "Our rush as forced passers

l four times in six games storm- ed back in the second period on goals by Ron Ellis, Frank Ma- hovlich and Ron Stewart.

SUMMARY

First Perlod — 1_ Chicago, Hay 3 (Wharram, Mikita) 3:07. Penalties Armstrong 5:54. 16:22. MacNeil 15:07.

Second Period Ellis 12 (Keon, Stanley Toronto, Maahovlich 9 (Arm- strong, Harris) 12:22, 4. Toronto Stewart 10 (Kelly) 16:15. Pen- alties — Stanfield 6:32. Vasko 1 .

-— 2. Toronto, ) 3:06, 3

Third Perlod — 5. Chlca , Mikita 9 (Wharram. Pilote) 13:29? 6. Chicago. NeSierenkp (R. Hull) 15:38. enaltlcs — Mikita 5:56, 10:53, Douglas 12:- 06. Pilate 14:09.

S ves Sawchuk 812 8—28 Hall 8 710—25

most of the time to get the ball away quickly." Shula said. “And our linebackers have

shoulders, without losing mobil- ity."

by next season, and another 10 the following year.

'I‘m going to start lifting weights as soon as we get back

long and heatedly that he drew natty. e

Detroit in the opener of a two-night home-and-homc holl-

nd from outside th at 16:47, just 10 seconds drew referee Vern Buf- fey’s first penalty. The goals were the eighth and

Blum hopes to add 10 pounds m. take

Ottawa's Mike Blum Is With The Monties

from Europe. That .and hockey, should put on the weight and eep me in shape.

“Weightlifting is the big thing US. They start in high

f

program and that's probably the res

Blum ran into weightlifting during two seasons of US. col- lege football while on a scholar- ship from the Rough Riders. He spent his first year at Wan- atche Junior College. Seattle. Wash. then moved to Northern Michigan. '

HAS PHYS-ED PLAN S

‘I hope I can complete my course in physical education next year at the University of Ottawa. But this winter I’m just going to stay a home and take things easy, and gain a lit- tle weight

‘When you've got guys like Art Baker (of Hamilton Tiger- Cats) coming at you. you need all the weight you can carry. That guy's big, fast, strong and just waits for you to make a

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.And it looks as if the Rough ider management agrees Blum could carry a few extra pounds. They had no objections

helped by belting receivers at the line of scrimmage. We hope .that the Cleveland receivers won‘t have time to make a of manoeuvres.

l CHRISTMAS is MERRY AFTER Aii

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It was a merry Christmas for Olympic heavyweight cham- pion Joe Frazier after all.

His left hand is still in a cast and he still hasn't get a job — though a choice of “some very good offers"—but he‘s no longer broke.

The 21-year-old boxer. who doesn't plan to go back to his

without Johnston. The goal- tender received a six-inch cut over the left eye. requiring 17 minutes‘ delay the game early in the second period. He was hit by Bill Hicke's rising 30-foot slap shot.

A little later. he caught Vic Hadfield's stick in his right eye and although he finished the

game his availability tonight is doubtful. SU AR

First Perlod — l. ew York, Henry 13 (Gilbert. Goyette) 14:01; Penalties — Hadfleld 4:30 Westfall 12:14. Ingarfield 19:08.

Second Perlod — no scoring

average.

Penalties —- Fleming 4:50. Max;

Browns’ .

CLEVELAND (AP) The Cleveland Browns‘ most prom- ising rookie since Jim Brown will receive special attention from the Baltimore Colts in Sunday's National Football League championship game.

He’s left end Paul Warfield. a

Montreal Youngster

By JOE DUPUIS MONTREAL (OP) —"Wan-t to play soccer?" PaulaAndre Roy. 12. asked the question of schoolmates in the west-end Notre Dame de Grace

gram. By 1970 it hopes to have 30.000 youths in nine age brack-

Promotes Soccer Leap

reached a lech of competence enabling Canada to field a re- team in th 1

ctr. playing soccer in the prov- spectable

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cc. By that time. too. it hopes the calibre of play will have

World Cup tburnament in Mex- ico. a competition in which this country has never taken part.

23 Tom '32:; .00 district and lined up 74 boys Lorna Vessey 3 who were interest .

Earnest We g, Roy then turned the namel wunam Crock... 97 over to the Quebec Minor Soc- mymond veg", 93 car Association and, on his own. um Wk 95 put together pamphlets on soc- mm Crockett 94 cer rules for the use the Doug Ben 92 young players he had enlisted. Funk Vessel, 92 The lnd'l aggressive promo- Re‘. Mosh" 91 tlon of soccer is remarkable in Cecil yum 88 itself. considering his age. but “in Va”). 37 it seems to fit in with what has W,“ Van, 35 been happening in the sport may Johnson 83 here in the last couple of years. Nix-ma Armor-thy 80 The h 3 5mm“ W ve ey so lar revival of soccer at the ml- mm. John”, 30 nor league level and the man um we, so responsible is Jean-Guy Bed- Bflph "medium so ard. a 34 - year - old Montreal

Mm sh" ” draughtsman. , mm u“ so The Quebec Minor Soccer Ac- . :cci-"r'. of which he (I the . nelei chairman.u was a prac ca y ormant unt he showed up ii m2 the time I fewer than 1.000 boys were play- Are Released “'8 ' '°" °' '°°°° '°"“ °' "-

unlined soccer.

. Now. under Bedard'l steam- The followmg is a result of the rolling direction, flip anach-

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Curling Draw

The following is the mixed curling draw for the Bclveders golf club today:

Ice — D. Saunders. F. Boyles, W. Auld. C. ac vs. L. Cox, L. Pickard. L. Grant.

Myrtle MacLeod.

Ice 2 — W. Pickard. P. Dryi- dale, H. Douglas. M. Auld v1. B. Boyles, J. Williams. A. Kennel- Iey. Vi u as

Ice 3 — Geo. Vesey, P. Saun- ders. B. Rogerson. E. Cox vs. J. Simmonds. P. Weir. R. Dry:- dale. M. Grant.

all. Ice 1 — B. MacNeil]. J. Irwin. K. Irwin._B. Bryenton vs. F. Acorn. A. Mahar. 1. Hughes, O.

Malloy.

Ice 1 -— S. Brycnton. A. Bag- nall. J. Malloy. Sal Trainer in. I. Home, D. Burgoyne. Ice 3 — E. Taylor. I. Itself!- lan. E.

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Likely , Ii. Car- michael. B. MPuc. Ice 1' ' . I. In

If. Simpson. B. Taylor. Dar-

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Trainer. N. Simpson vs. in . M. W

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During the second phase of the program, . t asso- ciation will try to raise teams for the British Empire Games. the Pan-American mica Winn] and the national soc- cer championships in Jamaica. It also hopes to stage an inter- national soccer tournament in Montreal for player. under 23, and a national amateur tourna- ment to coincide with centen- nial celebrations in 1m.

NEVER PLAYED

A soccer enthusiast although he never played the game blin- ielf. Bedard got involved with the sport in 1%! when he foruud a aim-player league for small fry in west-end Ville St. Pierre.

'After the first year I decided I’d better affiliate our St. Pierre group with whatever body there was to affiliate with. I found out then about the Quebec cue- ciatlon and. after a long look.

decided they needed more

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help than my own group. Bedard took

Rookie

Playing Great

slim six-footer from Ohio State and the Browns leading re- ceiver with 52 passes for 290 yards and nine touchdowns.

On a firm field. the Browns' top draft choice can zig and zag with the best in the NFL. The field is expected to be in excel- lent condition and there is no prediction of snow, with temper- atures forecast in the low 303.

Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. The job

of guarding Warfield' falls to Colts‘ defensive back Lenn Lyles. and coach a Shula said. “We won’t stay in single coverage. we'll try to get Lyle: some e ." Lyle: has studied Warfield‘o moves on rowns' movies. “Give him room to make two or three steps and you're in real trouble.”

CAUGHT MORE PASSES Warfleld already has caught more passes in a pro season than he did while playing three years as a regular for the Buck- eyes. He was a halfback and compiled a 5.5 rushing average. The transition to pro football was fairly easy. “Pro football hasn't been any rougher physically than ex- pected,” Warficld said. “I guess the thing that surprised me a little in the fact that everybody does things so well. “And the defence: are com- plicated compared to the ones

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faced in colle . Molt] college it simply was a man- for-man situation."

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a d has the speed. Ra has done the mo in 9.6 and holds a and mp. Several of his catcth this sea- m have ii made by out- jugiping defensive backs.

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old job in a‘slaughterhouse. figures 1965 is going to be his year - especially after so

never give the puck away. It has to be taken away from

t them."

He says the Russians seldom take slap shots. Nearly all their shots were perfect ankle-high shots and the players knew where they were aiming.