WivesO Exclude Hockey In Letters By JACQUES TREPANIER MONTREAL (CP)—When the | wife of an all-time hockey great writes to the wife of another all- | time hockey great, what does | she write about? | If you think they write about hockey, mee Te way off the goal, | at least ere Mrs. ernie Geoffrion aa Mrs. Gordie Howe are concern Mrs, Geotfrion, wife of Bernie (Boom Geoffrion, all- star gt yor with Montreal f Geoffrion, Howe’ of the moSto 80) (ete, , Canadiens she is the daughter of the Hockey League, said in i - late Howie Morenz, a super terview that in eames star long before Boom Boom between herself and Mrs. Howe, | was born wife of the famous Detroit right Mrs. Geoffrion saw her air winger, hockey is rarely men- in action only on films, but t'oned. those who saw him in oo “We write to each other two often ask her about him. “When people don't talk to or three times a month but we pare talk about hockey,” me about my husband,” she “Mrs. Geoffrion, not only | said, nn talk about my the wife of a hockey star but | father the daughter of one too. | ALREADY TAKING LESSONS Born Marlene MacKay Mor-| With his strong Paneth: on Indonesian To Easy Win Tues. acuta Ne aia Sonneville,. a prematurely-grey Indonesian with a great array of shots, coasted into the second round of the men’s singles in Curling Draw ig ockey the a are possibilities that nf 0 { Geoltrion’ s S S 4—may make their way with a head sta! e skating world. Linda is already taking les- sons in figure skating, and Ro- bert a et gun to slap the puck it ni Geoffrion herself gained the Canadian badminton cham- | t of fame as pionships Tuesday with an easy win over a junior from Windsor, | Saxe junior figure skating a did the Geoffrion's first Why, during i ice- chet | The 31 - year - old Sonneville. | ing carnival, of cou beat Erie Persch, 18, the ey met when ae fl was | opener 15-3 and took the cae a guest at a school festival in | game 15-10 after a broken string | Montreal and Bernie was mak- forced him to change his racket. | ing an appearance with the Ca- Che Guardian “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” SPORTS ‘ For Montague 7 P.M, Here is the Montague curling draw for today (Wednesday). opener, Ice 1—C.A, Nicholson, L.| In women's singles play, Marj MacDonald, D. Herring, J. Mac- | Pherson vs. P. Sinclair, C. Stewart, G. Worth, H. Coffin, Ice 2—C.S. Stewart, E. Mac- Kenzie, G. Murphy, E. Johnston vs. At. MacDonald, K. Hughes . A F, Horton, Winnipeg 11-2, ioe: of Toronto was upset 11-5 —Dr. L.A. Johnston, smith, Coffin, K. Sullivan vs. | da’s No. 8-ranked player, Duvar, Cs laa M. Lea, E. iS The west coast girl then beat | uvar, Bev si i ee Beck, N. Nichol. | |i vn of Windsor, Ont. son, E.G. iscibeoala. L, Mac- Lure vs. B, Koke, L. Sinclair, | B. Bryand, A. Johnston. Jofre To Defend y Title In ‘Frisco SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) —| Abraham Katzenelson, boxing | promoter and manager of Jofre, said Tuesday his world San Diego, Calif., bantamweight champion will de- Strong contenders for ancouver’s Wayne MacDonnel, | ing round matches. meet. Carnwath, a oronto Jaw student, Jofre, undefeated Brazilian, | Montreal's Keith Barnard 15-0, has been scheduled to defend 15-1. MacDonnel the 118 pound class crown Wally McTavish of Edmonton, against Marquez at San Fran- 15-5, 15-4 cisco March 20 but the bout was postponed when Marquez at San Francisco May 4. Marquez is from Stockton, Calif. and i threatened to's s | Ursell of Winnipeg 15-3, 15-1. Persch, a winner later in jun- a play, said he was well satis-| fied with his game against Son- | both nerville and felt he was coming along much stronger after the some finding English Mrvinsiaan Shedd, a Toronto lab technician | !sm in the family, | and Canada’s No. 1 ranked girl | frions are sending Linda to an | drew a first round bye and then whipped mena so German of But third- ao Me Tin. | 5° 1 by power-hitting Sharon B. | Whittaker of Vancouver, Cana- | eunieas drew Gus Yakichuk | SHE WON'T TRAVEL of Vinnipeg as his second-round | eet as the field was cut | ig Bernard play anywhere but Jina Carnwath of Toronto and | with the children.” | Canada’s two top-ranked players | Scored easy wins in their open- | So did big Bernt Dahlberg Eder Of Stockholm and Jim Poole of considered men's fend the title against Herman Singles honors in the four-day | University of | trounced | bowled over Dahlberg was a 15-0, 15-11 vie- British pro-| tor over Cam Dagleish of Gal- moter Jack en err gary while Poole downed Geoff iens, Although her parents were | English - speaking, Geoffrion finds Poy has a bit of pecially on shopping t to keep bilingual- | the Geof- yy a | Pasties language school. | D he children get to see a | lett a omer games during the | eason? | Mrs. Geoffrion said she brings Linda and Robert’ to a game only once a year F “And bring them to the orum only on Saturday because | | oo have to be in school on she added. 3 nO +» weekdays,” “I haven't had the chance to Bruce McLaren, of New Zea- the Foru m, “I have to stay | She will be wae | home when Canadien the road in the Gare Psi ht av playoffs against Chicago. | But once the play sae = ee the Geoffrions plan t vantage of the childr ve ': ree | School holidays to take a trip to Florida. Another advantage of one : | hockey player's wife is ets the chance to gaze ce 4 | | erystal ball that has been mak- | By KEN CLARK ‘ing the rounds of the league. KENORA, Ont, (CP) — Eight “The series against Chicago | Years removed from the big will be hard and the Canadiens et hockey is still the life- will need between five and blood of Charlie Rayner, retired seven games to win,’ Mrs. goaltender, active coach. Geoffrion said. ockey? It’s in my _ blood,” ‘Then we'll play against the said the burly 41-year-old native Rangers. Doug Harvey's team of Saskatoon, “And it’s still a will beat the (Toronto) Maple. terrific life.” Hockey | N.B—P.EL. INDIAN HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMERSIDE STADIUM Tuesday & Wednesday, March 27 & 28 GAME TIME 8:15 P-M. Big Cove Mic Macs Versus Lennox Island Mac Macs If a third game is necessary it will be played Thursday evenin ADMISSION: Adults 50. cents, Students 25 cents. Leafs in the semi-finals.” Rayner has just “This will be a good series his fourth season as a minor for Canadiens, and once again | league coach in this northwest- we'll win the Stanley Cup.” Wilf Greaves Fights To Draw }a place of memories for him. He played 7nal three years for) the junior Kenora Thistles, end- Ing in 1940, and then went to the National Hockey League, first with the old New York — Canadian | Americans ty later with New York Rarg IONDON (AP) middleweight champion Wilf | Greaves fought to a draw with Now an ees the Kenora Ireland's Mickey Leahy over | intermediate Thistles and their 10 rounds Tuesday night after junior edition in the same old the Irishman survived two | natural-ice arena from which he knockdowns. | jumped to the NHL, | Greaves, a former British Empire champion, made all the WON HART TROPHY early running in a tough con- Except for flecks of grey in test that had 12,000 fans on their his bushy, black hair, Rayner feet in Wembley Stadium has changed little since his reaves, Edmo n ton, | years in goal. At 230 pounds, he Leaay | weighs 15 more than in 1954 of | weighed 160% pounds; 159. | when a bad knee helped him de- land, holds the gold cup that | completed | | ern Ontario town of 11,000. It’s | pi.) Charlottetown, Wed., Mar. 28, 1962. ‘SEBRING RACE WINNER | he received for winning the |; a Fiat Abrath, entered Briggs S. ppeenes. by Florida International — three hour grand prix race, driving Is Still Lifeblood OfEx-GoalieChuckRaynor: | cide sn quit the NHL after | ee a lifetime goals-against seaso erage ora won the Hart Trophy acne is only part of Ray- as the league’s most. valuable’ ner’s present interests. In the player in 1950 and still counts summer, in partnership with an- that as his big moment in other former Ranger goalie, Su- | hockey | gar Jim Henry, he operates He finds coaching tougher Hockey Haven, a tourist camp than playing 10 miles east of here ii ee He hopes to move “up in the The responsibility for the coaching ranks even if it means team's performance is on the coach. Even the goaltender doesn't have this weighing on i pulling up roots each winter, a prospect he greets with mixed elings. “I've spent a 4 of my life | “When 3 you're coaching you've’ on trains,’ he sa got to deal with personalities. Rayner and wife have And there are some guys you less to hold them in one spot just can't do anything with. now that their a has You've got to rule with an iron reached the age of 1 fist.” A frequent problem ‘was to get young players to do as they're wre. Outsider Drawn | From Classic LONDON (AP) Bobaston Bank, 200 - to - 1 outsider, was withdrawn Tuesday from Satur- day's Grand National. does. He played 376 regular That leaves 38 horses in the season games in the NHL. De- rave. Others withdrawn recently spite the fact he spent much of were Jonjo, Reprieved, Forty his career with also-rans, he Secrets and Fincham managed to make the second Final acceptors will be pub- all-star team three times and lished today. There are many kids about 18 who think they know how to play in the NH If anybody ksiows, Rayner feel the | ” softness! i ee White Swan Bathroom Tissue is the softest paper that ever dressed up a dainty bathroom. That's because it’s spun to be soft. Spun to be strong, too. And sensibly perforated so the kiddies can’t waste it. White Swan Tissue, Prettiest tissue you've ever touched, WHITE SWAN - Pink - Yellow » Aqua - White, In single, double and four-roll packs, THE £.B. EDDY COMPANY FRONT By PIUS CALLAGHAN Welshmen Lose Out | River School League finals last’ pRincE OF WALES COLLEGE lads are back home after | evening as a result of their 7-1, jong trip to Retest weave they bowed out of Maritime | victory over Wiltshire at North juvenile hockey compe River rink. The Welshm ee the ‘first game 7-1 to the Northern N The Winsloe team took the Brunswickers but Pasa back to cop the second tilt 7-4. on best of three semi-finals in two ever, it wasn’t enough and Jack Proud’s lads lost the round 11-8. straight games, sere a 5-0 Pare t amazes us is the fact that a team could lose so decisive- shutout in the opene e night and bounce back the very next night and win rather The winners now ea Stan- a nae We talked to a few of the players (four came back om hope in a best of three finals the plane Sunday night from Moncton with us) and they told - which opens Wednesday. that the players were dead tired when they reached Bathurs' R. Thompson paced the win- They had left Friday morning and had just arrived in me v oals with sin- that evening. oe = en and B. It seems a pity that ” lads couldn't have gone on Thursday Stevenson night and got the big p e trip over before Friday. $$ this case they would oa ‘So uch more rested and chances are they would have annexed the Prince Edward Island-New CURLING DRAW armen: ae chamnnene. the locals gave a great Comers oneae and an. - a oe staring them in the face didn’ a an, a ve them give up the fight. They got three of them back but time ee Si s needed, tan out on them before they could make up the rest of the deficit. eneLowe con i are ler Nevertheless, it was a mighty fine showing hy the collecians —— envemer Fam and Rathurst certainlw did not reach the Maritime finals with- may ut vetting the davlichts scared tut of them Ice 1—J. Burden, R. rae s.° To coach Jack Proude and all his vlav ers, we extend con- anes, - Lhapcuelhy = ae gratulations for a good showing away from hom 0 10g, &. J ’ ° well, K. Kennedy. PAGE 9 ‘Winsloe Enters | School Finals Winsloe entered the North AP Wirephoto) | fano | Ha Ice 2- ‘+ George, D. Deeg | B. Cook, F. Sampson vs H, Atkinson, “ Asprey, A. lg F. Morgan. 6.45 P.M. copped the opener at Bg iy ie: Anais Hal Bight the Civic Stadium triumph Mon | Ice 4—Dr. MacEachern vs Al. pe MAROONS now tackle | Saunders (mixed) P.E 8.30 P.M. (Mixed) Ice 1—Edgar Taylor vs Larry Blakeney i s “doubtful if the Maroons road trip. Manager Jim Harris may he unable to travel. the Maroo ength, O'Leary Cops rca O'LEARY MAROONS captured the MAHA intermediate ‘A* rown Monday night by beating Hampshire Bulldogs 12-3 in the pea game of a two-game total goal series. The Maroons had The Sports Arena last Wednesday 3-1 and day gave them the round 15-4. Dalhousie eee for the N.B.- rown with hoth games slated for Dalhou can take all the ee on this tells us several of his players This is too had heeause ff at full s might indeed make things mighty in- Ice 2—Russ Ewing vs Winner scenes for the Dalhousie outfit. | (MacLaine vs Giddings) Reg 3—Gordon Stewart vs Win- our hat to the O’Leaw ardless of the outcome of this playoff. we want to dof? crown. Their found those boys a good group Jim Harris who onus in Ice y bovs on winning the MAHA c ner ‘Love vs Bell? inmph was well merited. We Ice 4—Don Wonnacott vs Win- with which to com, especially | ner (LeClair vs Hansen) very wav possi | Ice 5—Geo. Anderson vs Loser And while on “his intermediate hockey, we want to thank the other three registered teams, Fivers out the season. If our | (Love vs Bell) BASEBALL SCORES "By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS chibiti nlew was the holden of the last Avsin. thank you gentlemen next season. er Acre ce Fla. me of a hest-of-five series. Hamnshire Bulldogs, Parkdale and Summerside Beavers for their co-oneration throngh- neohlems i hrackets as thev were with thle intermediate eroun, ave heen much hanpler. Indeed the only hitch in intermediate all other would were as few with we aome hetween ane and O'Learv and thet was heranse of the snawstor end hope to you all again Olympics On The Move WE SEE Montreal Olympics blanked the Ottawa District representative 2-0 in the first game of their inter-branch playoff. fit that Olymnies downed 2-0 The he Olympics heavy favorites te advance avainst the Ontario Hockey Association chamoion. These Olymnies finished third in their leacue but had the lavoffs. After winning their own mheorst Ramblers in four games. the idea that Soe can't he 010 020— 6 : | | ee 000 130— 4 Wi tates, L. Sherry (8) a Sherry, Julian (8); Short, Ferrarese (6) Baldschun 8), was a Buckingham out Sullivan (9) and Dalrymple, Monday night in the first gam White (9) triumph came in Hull and left t At Bradenton, Fla, Chicago A 00 100 200-— 3 82 Milwaukee fas 000 001— 1 90 Ability to go all the wav in ied he Herbert, Horlen (6) and Ros- ae ee “Ot aoe wart elli; Hendley, Fischer (6) and ieee. lymples may have Crandall, Roof (6), HR: Mil— - - Me nke, At Pompano Bea Detroit 000 ar isto ] 3 Washington 200 110 000— Bunning, Aguirre 8) Brown; Bouldin, Cheney iva HRs: Det — Saline, Boro At “St. Ay oony Fla. Goldstein s eo 400 000 003— 7 7123 . Louis 010 033 10x— 8100) Vash, Olivo (7) and McFar- 3 . (AP) — The au a ee aan Gad (5), Du- site eine ‘edinbes ch Tues- pciba ie), Gregory, (2) and Sa - upheld the referee's judg- watski, Herrera (7). HR: ‘Sth ent and the medical precau- Boyer, tans in the near fatal Paret- At Tampa, Fla. Griffith welterweight champion- Minnesota =» 300000000 3 51 chip fight Saturday night in Cincinnati 000 020 22x— 6 52 New York Cit y. Stange, Arrigo (4), Swango The three-man commission, a and Zimmerman; O'Toole, which had been asked by Gov. fillman (6) Miller (8) and Ed-! Rockefeller to report on the vats HR: Cin—Coleman, tragic fight, told the governor: At Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “It is our opinion that all pos- New York N 010010 000— 2 41 sible medical precaution had New York A_ 100010 01x— 3 70 been taken prior to the contest Craig, Jackson (8) and Lan- and referee (Ruby) Goldstein drith; Stafford, Arroyo (8) and acted in good judgment in stop- Howard. ping the fight when he did.’ At West Palm aoe Fla. Rockefeller released the re- Baltimore 102 020 000— 5 70 port to the public with the sole Ka sas Nity 000000 002— 2 62, cComment—"I and my staff are Hoeft, Nuxhall (8) and Foiles; ate full consideration to the Bass, Kunkel (8) and Sullivan, | Teport HR s: Blt—Foiles, KCy — Sulli- STILL IN COMA Benny (Kid) Paret, who was a Phoeniz, Ariz. | the welterweight champion, was «Commission Upholds Judgment battered senseless at Madisos Square Garden by Emile Grif. fith. Paret still is in a coma and doctors say that even if he survives chances are slim: that he ever will regain full control of his body because of the brain damage he suffered. The commissioners - Melvin J. Krulewitch, James A. Farley, and Raymond J. Lee—said that Paret was in “excellent physical condition” for the contest and that the reputation, integrity and ability of referee Gold- stein ‘is above reproach.” In a separate report, Gold- stein told the commission that: “IT fully believe that I took the proper action and acted in the best judgment I know how in stopping the fight right then and there. I don't believe any- body had the foresight to ex- pect that Paret would collapse when I terminated the bout.” Houston N O01 132 300-11 160 San Fran N_ 010 300 000- 4130 Cicotte, Griffin (6) and Smith; Pierce, Duffalo (5) and os HRS: Houston—Mejias 2 Smith 2; SF—Cepeda, At Tucson, Ariz. Chicago N 060 300 210-12 15 0 Cleveland 610 000 020-3 81 Curtis and Dames an Gan milton Da seus, Hubbs 2; < ‘Pressure Maris To y JACK HAND SARASOTA. Fla. (/.P) — Ro- ger Maris is a troubled man. between the demands of Los Ang A 012 000 001. 4 60 press and public and his own Boston 001 000 000-.1. 51. preference for a quiet, family Witt, Chance (7), Spring (8) life. and Sadowski) Cisco, Delock| Constant pressure is driving (6) and Nixon. him to extremes of behavior in Ln His relations with visiting news- WEAVE | PROGRESS paper men. He faces serious Indonesia's textile industry problems conforming to the plans a mechanization drive| popular image of a national that will increase machine-| figure. powered weaving devices from Writers who travel with the fewer than 18,000 now to almost New York Yankees insist he has set the HRS: Ch” ~_ Cle — Roach, "a 2 gian. At Scottsdale, Ariz. | 45,000 in 1968 not changed since he rm a TTT eres record with 61 home runs last Go POPOSOSOSOS4FOFO SOR year Others report a “no in- ; expert > terview” attitude that antagon- $ WATCH + “— visitors. é 3 Maris never has been a glad * REPAIRS : hander or outgoing personality > during his baseball career. His : oe has been “let's get the ork done and then get home cf PATTERSONS: Vescesccecooososooees eae forget it."’ The only trouble ———~ mmm, i& this—you can't go home and forget when you are being HLECTRICAL ig hailed as the new Babe Ruth Since he hit No. 61, Maris has been besieged by people who want him to ensorse products, sign autographs, appear at ban- quets. Most of all he has heen over-tun by people asking ‘will you hit 62 in ‘62?"" At 27, it can be difficult to handle the obligations that go with fame, even if you are being paid $70.- @ Wiring @ Fixtures @ Appliance hes and Servic @ Call thine | for Free Estimate Newson Electric Dial 894-8325 161 Queen St.—Ch'town on Maris started spring training Driving Extremes co-starring with Mickey Mantis in a movie, shot at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. After he ended his holdout he was handicapped by a sore muscle that kept him out of the lineup. In recent days he has refused to be inter- viewed, “T will say hello and shake hands and smile but no inter: views.”’ he told one writer whe never had been overly critical of him. “You fellows write what you want no matter what I say 86 what's the use of talking?’’ he said This is the first time 7 have seen you since last fall,” the reporter answered. “What did I do to you? What happened? People are going to get wrong impression of you m sorry if some people might get hurt but that's. the way it is.’ he said, continuing the no-interview interview. “Ev- ery ball player built up as a red neck, stays a red neck the rest of his career. Some prople write bad things about me without even talking to me LEAVES FOR INTERVIEW They go into personal things. They rip me if 1 talk or if I don't talk. So I'm not going to say anything.” With these words, he Jeft for a taped interview with a visit- ing television man whe, pre sumably, could not alter the tape to antagonize Maria. Additional Sport Page 10