e Guardian. Charlottetown. Mon. Jan. 28. 1988. 1' - - “— l

By Norman

SPORT ECHOES

Mactlonald

Sulnmcrside Bureau of Tile Guardian

\lumr Hockey Week began on Saturday and special cere- monies are being held across (.madn (we must have nod- del once or twice when the prlil‘lnl‘lll reports Were com- inr in for we missed New Brunswick and Prince Edward ]<l:illttl. The minor hockey pro- grilm Is an important one for young Canada. It Is perhaps yolml boys' most beloved wort and for that reason cln hr used to advantage to In- ileate in the participants :th-while attributes of char- after that will stand in good stead when they become adult citizens. it is important therefore that - many boys as possible be per- miod to join the minor hoc- ry program, wilether or not my have the budding genius of Howe. 11 Hull. or a Mahovlich. \‘PJ if they will never make rccptable hockey players. they .11 nevertheless learn the im-

Minor Hockey Week Opens

portsnce of selt~coniroi. cit-op- eration. and good sportsmanship in general. providing the right leazlers are chosen for their guidance. .

These are the most import». out things: that they enjoy the game and learn the useful techniques of live and let live. of secondary importance is the fact that some of them will develop Into senior and intermediate hockey players. and one or two In a thousand may even hit the dizzy heights of the NHL like Forbes Ken- nedy. Bucko Tralnor. and the late Charlie Cahili. These are only hy-products. however. of a program which Is in the bus- iness of manufacturing not so much hockey players as solid citizens of the future. Then. of course, there Is the matter of keeping small fry out of mischief. As the adage goes: “If you want to keep a kid out of hot water. put him on ice.”

Five Goal Spree ls Tops

Alan Gillis's five-goal splurge 1 Civic Stadium Friday night as all other light-blinking recs in the ISHL this winter. y a week ago "Smelt" fired our goals in a game. This boy. ne of the cleanest operators in no game. was noted only for his need for a number of years. 11 travels like a frightened g. rabbit). Of late he’s picked in some new tricks. and appar- ntly a more potent shot. Bob loan. airforce boy with the 'nnslngton Bombers. seems to are bagged more goals in a ame than anyone else around. .m'ever. Week cfore last :alnst Hillcrest Strikes he cored nine goals which may be record for Island Intermedi~ 19 Hockey. We remember Tay- who later made the NHL. wm‘cd nine goals (we. think) in midget game for the Ontario illampionship. If we. remember orrectly. the game was in Fort William. ll‘ayno Matheson. Slimmer-

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‘Smelt" Gilils fired five goals and rates a star.

iiiat fellow with more pollndage would go far;

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The rtnk promoters naturally

have. a yell To fill the rinks again. and yet

Last Week’s Bouquet

side boy now attending Prince of Wales College. established a record for Summerslde curl- ers, skipping two consecutive which won the Island Last year he went to H the minlon Schoolboy Championships. This year he will go to Guelph. Ontario. We remember last 'ycar Wayne. throwing his last rock. had hardly let the handle go before he started a kind victory polka signifying he had won. How he new so early what his rock was going to do is beyond us. Last Sat- urday after throwing his final stone. he said immediately to his rink mates that he was positive It was the right weight. And it was. Curlers will tell you rocks fall away unaccountably and sometimes do not curl as they should. Wayne's apparently follow through as the young skip In- tends them to do.

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Song of 'victory's his refrain. A boll ' Churchill's cigar.

Last Week’s Brickhat

Now this Is nothing new. But very hard to do By starting games at 25 to 10.

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ling championship. The city collegians went through the recent. championships without a defeat. Left to right th ey are: Skip Wayne Matheson.

PRINCE OF Wales College curlers look jubilant as they hold The Pepsi Cola trophy emblematic of The Prince Ed- ward isiand Schoolboy Cur-

Prinee of Wales College curl- i an attempt. to garner a decision.

ward island.

The Welshmen assured them-lilo for runner-up honors. Roger selves of the trip to Guelph. On-} and his companions. went to tario and the Dominion finals by; town in the next three ends. downing a stubborn Summerside‘ counting two. one and three and

ing. The triumph put the Char- lottetown s'tudcnts cut of reach iof either Summerside or ltague and earned them the Pep~; the eighth and tenth. The best Isi-Cola trophy and the right toiClair could manage was a sin- represent Prince Edward lslandl gleton in the ninth and Summer- n Dominion play which swings.side was home on top 9-8 and

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ing the seventh. But Keizer squared matters at 7-7 in th

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Summerside boys copped the runner-up spot by downing Mona tague 9-8 in a thriller that was'

i showing in the double round rob- t in.

Presentations loook place Im-

High School 12-9 Saturday morn-Egaining a 7-5 advantage enter-.

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c. . mate Barry Willis, first stone. Mark MacPhcrson, s e c o n d stone, Rundell Seaman a n d coach Bob LeClair. The rink

Welshmen Capture Spiel S'side Lads Finish Second

'the coveted Pepsi-Cola trophy

‘form of clocks while the second

was presented with a compass Pepsi-Cola representative. Hall- Jardine

trophy Members of the Welshmen are

.Rundell Seaman. second stone.

Mon-l. seventh and grabbed singles inl Barry Willis. mate and Wayne 1 Curling Association. Hon.

3 Matheon. as skip. coach Bob 1 LcClair ‘ Comprising Summerside l Paquet. second stone and Jim 'Rankin. lead.

Montague, skipped by Roger

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foursome were Bob Keizer. skip.. most respectable 2-21Dave Matheson. mate. Garryi

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represents the island In the D o m i n io n championships which are set for Guelph, Ont. February . 18-22.

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stone and Charles Refuse. lead.

ers reign today as the school-gBob Keizcr‘s Summerside quar-1 going to Welshmen's Wayne Ma At. the banquet following the 1“. Miles. .I. Weldon. vs. H. Bart- boy champions of Prince Ed-l tet held a 5-1 margin over Rog-1 theson. In addition each of the final match. Gordon Bennett. se- leti. er Clair's foursome in the bat-l winners received trophies in the cretary- treasurer of The P.E.I.

C u r 1 in g Association presided.

place Summerside boys each Speakers included Gerry Riva. V. M

fax. Rundell Seaman. local Pep- ‘si-Cola dealer. F. R. McLaine.

Mark MacPllerson. first stone.§ local renrcscntativc for scliool-‘bei

boy curling on the Dominion A.

iMacRae. minister of agriculture and the three coaches. Bo Clair. E ric Johnslone. George Nicholson.

‘ LINESCORES

l Summerside 100 012 2030—— 9 . Charlottetown 034 100 0301—12

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By MURRAY ROSE \EW YORK tAPl Incl-getic. bespectacled fellow peered up at the ring and com- iilFiIlPd:

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':llt ong. A few years ago nobody would

are looked too strong to Car- on Basilio. who once held the ‘ orld welterweight and middle-

“hi. time the retired. profes-

[ona - appearing Basilio was atehtng Dick Tiger. the world

middleweight champion from:

"zeria. sin for his return.

ole fight with Gene Fulimer.

T’Ie fight is scheduled for LllS‘ ":as. Nev.. ‘ . 23 Basilio retired nearly two

fears ago but there was a hash 1

ins. red cut under his right eye. 1 ‘I‘his you wouldn‘t believe."1

aid Basilio. "In all of the years fought I never was cut under

in eye. This cut I got from loving basketball."

MSEKTBALL AT 35

What was he r‘oing playing

laketball at 35? . "i teach physical education at

Lrlnoyne College fiive days a

trek." he sa. “1 run more

9 than I did when I was

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glad I don‘t have to this guy. He looks too

'ght championships.

\ioNTAGUE -— A cleanly stayed and fast hockey game M Friday night at the Mon- aw Summerside edge Montague High 6-4 . crowd of enthusiastic

opened the 0:87 mark of and followed four minutes

goals lat sent the Into the

limtague came Iddie session wi to close the gap ht defensive network

along in in t ree Iai- but the of the combined 111 by . rs for the visito W the Montague team Into od still trailing. period 81

for two while

ruin.

Bob Mills of

Charles Mor- Who

Carmen Basilio Glad oi Fighting Tiger

fighting. I figure I run from three to five miles a da .'-'

Teaching is just one facet of the new Basilio.

1e also is a public relations representative for a brewery in New York. a partner with a brother in a sausage factory. and a much sopght public speaker .Ho is articulate and witty.

He still is an avid hunter and fisherman and tries to get away as much as he can during the summer.

"1’ long way from the onion fields and I owe it all in

boxing." said Basilio. "The ring.

has been good to me. I've had my share of titles. thrills and ma ‘ his . i'm not. making that kind of money any more but because of boxing l'm getting along nicely."

armen follows boxing as a fan and often travels to the big tights.

“That Tiger is a real good fighter." said Basilio. “He beat and I couldn't lick Ilmer In two fights.

" you beat Pulimer you‘ve accomplished something. Anyone who beats Gene has to bc a real good fighter. Fullmer does so many awkward things that it upsets you. It may be the wrong moves to make but they're right for Fullmsr. I couldn't do much with him be- cause he just upset my timing.

“Tiger is 33 but it looks like he has a couple of years to cash in on his title. He's in great condition and punches real good Tto the 1a good fighter-When they can

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before a mm)“, “ms. hot. pokers to the:

l‘body and soften a guy 11 ‘ ” r has a c lsgainst him but he'll have to ibe at peak condition and ready 1to go all out for 15 rounds. _

‘; “l‘m glad I don‘t have to fight {either one of them now .I like hit the way it is."

‘: ' done 1021/: in Toronto Friday? lh' lHamP‘h". K..P‘ night. In Portland. Ore..

oak Intact IN muses?

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' ( l or Nine Mile (keel: 16:11.4 vault , vmory 0v 1- lsague; Belitta. 21. made three tries.

Bulldogs In a regula .game. at North River rink Sat-

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winners were by 1‘. Smith. R. MacDonald iD. MacEachc-rn counted Nine Mile Creek souls 1 This evening Cornwall Hampshire uncle at N er rink with action Med underway at 8.30.

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body. That's the sign of‘

p. hence

urday night. Other goals for the . scored Dims

Hell” up I ‘0'”! lwcii. Doiron and B. Braids-sing the winners home 1 “d the and old! Riv- to lot

I u ‘ 1b.. . ~ _ CHICAGO tCPl-A com-,1]; ggglogngélgflmg flown last-period spurt enabled Mont-

Koizm. and his a x s n c i n t ,3 real Canadiens to defeat league- found themselves trailing 8-1 af- ter four ends and it looked like (Iharlotttetown in a breeze. How- th e. Summerstde young-. .SATURDAY stcrs refused to concede defeatj , Nal'onal L933“ and after seven ends they had Ch‘cago 3 Dem“ O

h n Welshmen composed

Boston 5 Toronto 2 lNew York 4 Montreal 2

: themselves and chalked up a big. "‘9 . 'n “'3'” '3 in the eighth. Keizer and bisqueb“c 3 P'ttSbumh 5 pals were counted out by t hc‘Bum‘l" 0 Gwen“ 5 onlookers. But Bob rallied hisiBMtlmm'e o Heigh‘lylnz rink and they had three rocks Rodney" 4 Sprmg‘nefl I counting when play ended the.“ H 05‘5"": 1?" fits“; ininth. That sent them into the! u fw; tm‘gv‘ ’ ‘final end hoping for at least two‘ 5" “w t “r [e 33:1": that would get the affair into an A S F an 9.“ 9:1“; is? An 61” 6 extra end. However. Matheson's'E‘;n rm c'lscg kané 12 g rink. throwing last rock. could. men n ‘po not be denied in the tenth as‘ they put a singleton up on thel I scoreboard to will: thelgaiLle and } ltlle. provincial c amp ons ip.

Prince of Wales lads finishedPort Huégzteinoifrgu, the competition with three tri~ NP“, Haven 1 Clinton 5 '“mPh'- “"0 0"" Summersidaicharlone 1 Knoxville 12

and one over Montague. The! h 7 Na v1 1. 3 {other scheduled Montague-ch GreeHSboroungNDAyw l

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‘made it. an 8-6 matc .

Ontario unior Pcterborough 1 St. Catharines 3 International League

St. Paul 4 Muskegon 5

match was cancelled when it Ame“ Lena. 1 was known that Its result would ‘ Springfield 2 Clevellnd A j have no effect on the standings. i Enum'rmfeuional Summerside concluded things onximmon 1 Humottawa 4 a 2-2 basis. beating Montague in " Ontario .nior ' both meetings. The Kings Coun—‘cmmam 2 Windsor 0

ty lads were winlcss in th r e ei Ontario Junior A

starts. TERRIFIC FIGHT

But Montague staged a terri-

‘fic it!

‘St. Catharines 2 Hamilton 5 Guelph 1 Montreal 5 . Intercollegiate ht Saturday afternoon in :Ottawa 7 Bishop's 4 l 1

Pole Vault Jump ‘HighlightsGameS

‘ BOSTON (AP) .— John Beiltzal It was the relentless Croihers' is the sixth men in history toilsth cup race in 16 tries. and pole vault 10 feet. The Univer~ could not be rated any sur- ‘sity of Maryland senior high-lprise.

lighted an evening of surprissa‘ The Hunter Mlle went to Vic at title 74th Boston AA games lZwolsk of thianova who burst Saturday night when he vaultedl from the pack at the 111 lit! feet. V. inch—first college un-iqusrters mark and won by 20 derarsduate to accomplish thl;yards to 4:008. mike Van do feat ‘Wal of Hamilton. Ont.. nos out Rodney Sederng of the of the 10-foot ; University of Tennessee for sec- 15-0- TONI hld ‘ond. The time was 4:09.tl.

Dave Turk and John Uelses.: two m mbers lelub. failed at Yang. a 1 Less than three hours later‘myearoid native of nose. 1C. K. Yang. the decathlon won- known In truck circle] until ider. became the seventh and lSaturday night only as a de- lhillhem “W” "m 'm' 'lcathlon star. soared over the “ Pomud' 0"' bar at 10 feet. 8% inches at the ‘st 16-8‘a--which would have out- IOregon Indoor invitational track done Finland are Penttt Nilm-t land field meet.

la's 10-216 world ' th. bar on the wa NOT RECOGNIZED dawned ‘. ' That's an unofficial indoor

down each time. _ ‘ Bill Cmihers of University of record and wont count as a Toronto repeated at t of the Lapham 1.000. ii lag outdoor performance. are roc- 10 yards a sad Ernie Cun- mind'intaraatlon . liffe of Stanford. the IUI wtn- Yangs but in previous vaults nor. who set the pact until the was 14-7. final lap. Richard of, Yang used a glass fibre pole College Park. Md. was thirtlwhich he gave much of the Winning time was 8:001 ueqt.

two-goal leading Black Hawks 3-1

lHOCKEY scours

he winner.de standard because only

Slin- day night and remain tied for second place in the National Hockey League.

T victory moved the Cana-

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lMaple Leafs. to within two upoints of Chicago. 1 Jean Beliveau, Billy Hicke and Bobby Rousseau scored the

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Montreal goals. Defenceman 2801) Turner was the lone Chi- leago marksman. giving the

:Ilawks a temporary 1-1 tie in Ithe second period.

Bcliveau‘s goal. his second in las many games and his ninth .of the season. was also his 301st

regular-season tally. scored while Chicago's Pierre Pilote was in the penalty box early in the second period.

Beliveau also picked up an assist on Rousseau's goal. which was scor 11 into an empty net with three seconds

along with the Toronto?

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left to play. Bellveau now has a league-leading total of assists. His 44 points leaves him ill eighth place in the individual scoring race. six points behind co-leaders Frank Mahovlich of Toronto and Boston Bruins' Johnny Bucyk.

First period: No scoring. Pen- alties—Nesterenko 4:36 .i’ont'i- nato 11:57. 18:09. Balfour 18:09.

Second period: 1. Montreal. Bellveau 9 (Rousseau) 6:05: 2. Chiczlgn. Turner 31 I.\iaki. Nes- tcrcnkol 17:16. P e n a 1 tie s— Turner 3:15. Pilote 5:00, Pro-

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vost and Turner 9:53. Back- strom .

Third 1 Montreal. Hicke 9 lBerensonl 5:15: 4. Montreal. Rousseau 9 (Bell: vcau) 19:57. Penalty -- Pllote 0:28.

Saves:

Plants 5 010—23 Hall 910 7—26

'Wings Down Bruins 5-3,- }Howe Triggers Winner

BOSTON 'APl Iron man cleared by :oaile Hank Bast-en. SI’MMMARY

Gordie Howe. frustrated on 10 broke through the defence. First period: 1 Detroit. Del- icariier shots. scoied on an faked a shut to the far win 11f vprcluu ill 1P. Mac Donald. assist from his inane Willi lust Btlslon nth'nriel' Ed Johnston Hmin' ll :10 Penalties—Young lover tltrcc minutcs remaining and limped a neat 20-footer into 12 41. Pl'nnmnat 1409. Gadsby las Detroit edged Boston 5-3 in 1111‘ "Par I‘m‘llm‘. allri Bui'yk 10 19

in National Hockey League When .loilnston has pulled 1n N'cm'tl I'l'riottz 2 Boston. {game Sunday night. avor of a sixth attacker. Nor- 'inppamm 0 theiinedy. Hicks) 1 goal was Howe's 22nd cf mnn Ulmnn scored an insur- (14.7, :1. iirtl'nl'. p. MacDonald lthe season and 524111 of his long ant-e anal fur the winner: with 21 tinyah a in, .1 Boston Top.

paz/llll 10 (Later. Hicksl 12:59: 5 Rmtoll. Blicyk 21 lWLlliamsl 15.10; 5. Detroit. Fonteyne 3 (Delveclghm, .lnyall 17:22. Pen- .altle: - Godfrey 16:57. Stasiuit 'mfli’l,

lcareer. He picked up the puck

just one second to play. lat centre ice, w on ll was ‘

MAKES 37 SAVES .lolmslon made 37 saves l losing cause and his prluc victim was llnwe until lrelentlcss star connected.

n lpdl the

lHull’s lniury

I . l The Red Whigs led. twice. to Third I” find: 7 Detroit. :and 2-1. but the Bruins scram- Hm“? 72 ,Basspm 1642‘ L De‘ . bled back and took the lead on 1m". Human 14 ‘DPlvecchio,

Johnny Buryk's 21st goal of the season before Val tied matters just before the en of the middle period. Alex Dclvecchin and Parker MacDonald got the other De- tf‘Oil scores .\\'llll(‘ .ierry Toppa- zini tallied twice for the losers. Charlie Burns of the Bruins suffered a possible broken nose from an injury early in the opening period and had to sit. > out the rest of the contest Chicago The gnaiie's assist was the Toronto first awarded on Boston Garden Montreal ice since March 2. 1944. when Detroit Bert Gardner got one assisting New York Bob Towle against Toronto. Boston

[mm m 19:50 Penalties-Gadsby 9:52: 95’ a Kennedy. 12. 5. Saves: Bassen Johnston

f CHICAGO tAPl Chicago ‘Black Hawks said Sunday the llnjury suffered by Bobby Hull {In Saturday night's hockey vic- _ ' Red ings lapparcntly is not serious. A spokesman said x-rays at in Chicago hospital indicated the ' charley horse. der his own 1. Detroit. after scoring‘ ' Chlr

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STAN D'INGS

PRESS e

By THE CANADIAN National eagu

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I Hull was olit of the lineup for lSunday night's National Hockey lLeague game between the: l Hawks and Mo 11 treal Cana-

ldiceiiklwe DRAwMaple Leafs Top NY. Rangers 4-2

1 The loss. following a iii. and a wm in the Rangers' two previous games. disappointed the fourth straight Sunday sell- out crowd of 13.923. Simmons. the masked Tor- onto goaltender who had a total