"stating I Iiofllllflll. aarlottlvlovln. Sat. Dec. 21. 19084 SPORTS FRONT By PIUS CALLAGHAN No Christmas Spirit 11' SEEMS a rather strange-t:li.in-g that the Nationalgliockeb’ League with a 70-game schedule, can't get through its bul- ness of the season without schedulinz 3811185 On Clll'l5l-lllas ht. 18 These hockey players are human beings 1"" ‘ll! '0“ 0' II and undoubtedly they would welcome the chance of spending Christmas at home with their families. But no. the league con- slders that Christmas is Just another day on. the calendar and all teams are thrown into action this Christmas night. The three home teams at least have part of this very special duj with the folks they like best but the other three clubs get no such break. . _ J Surely. the National Hockey League could E91 8_l0ll8 \Vjl¢h- ; .7 ’ of thing. There are indeed certain services E that must be supplied on Christmas. the same as any er day. but hockey surely isn't one of them. I this nonsence last vear at the same time we didn‘t expect that our weak mumblings would bring about any change. However. it did occur to. us that some- ’ body with some authority in the Nat- innai Hockey League might raise enough fuss to bring out the abcrlition of NHL games on this very special nlzdll. But no. it never seems to happen. Are we to co clude that those in power In the big time hockey circuit care nothing about Christmas? Wk hate to think that such folk exist but their do- ._ gr ,, i t 1 out on Christmas-at-home. h0d‘gii(thi:¢:h:il;,: ligluznymeiiuse for scheduling National Hticlfiyi Le:-igiie games on Christmas nl~2‘lll- Tllei" 1;” ,i:§‘I‘_'l_[E7”m 955°“ and do nothing only ruin this great day Plf - . d .t ‘W gm", ‘ya... “.9 hope_ the Christmas spirit will fin is 8! into the minds of those directing traffic hi the l~'al=°n3l li°¢l‘°'V League. Michelle Baun. two days old. faces her first camera with her proud parents. Mich- Leo, The Lion, Roars LEO Lefllerc. manager of Edmonton Oil. Kings. flefendllls Memorial Cup champions. is indeed a talkatixe gennllreirgagfid he we have on several occaissions heard Leo nefxphk ‘ em“ has - mahuiaw rim new name *°““’ . .* ..yi...o~. ng, mighty szzrestlve and doesnt mind stfllp ll: ll ‘ This week Leo saw the president of the (‘AHA and the Alberta Hockey Association prexy side with ll1_€.\."l§lilflE Czechs against Leo. It was over Leo's !'9€llle9l_l0 The "l5'!l1“'~',E“"‘°l’°a“5 that they play half their contest with the on Kéngschuodes CAI-IA rules. The request found no favor with the ze 5 an their attitude made Leo llurious ‘NOW we do say that this was a late date to ask the visitors to change their style of play. However. hockey is Callaldfl S M‘- [ By JACK SULLIVAN icanadiaii Press Spo An alderman in Hamilton said the other night the majority of persons in the city weren't in- terested . , _ Lea are completely foreign to us. Canadians appeal‘ l0 have M 983’ about how the game shall be Play - The!’ l“}''—‘‘ 39°‘-‘Pi the other fellow‘; version and as a result our showings have been i rather horrible. Leo undoubtedly wént a bit too far when he accused the Czechs of lack of courage but we do think it's high time that somebody sounded off .‘about OUR national game. This lack of checking in these international contests surely changes the picture for Canadian players. Without checking. the game be- comes little more than an ice review. of fame in his city impressed by speech. along with remarks of. This is the tack that probably any city in Canada would take. . After .-irc helping the CAI-IA celebrate its golden jubilee. However. no can't condemn-i Leo Leclerc because we fee is merely. what a lot of Canadian Hockey folks would like to- state but never mastered the courage. - Minor Hockey Treat that CFL members don't appre- , ciale the alderman's point view. But it is just about time Sunnylde New BORN BUN" rts Editor from Montreal to Vancouvenl istarted paying its own freight. OTHERS DO IT . City council must have been 'C°°'99l'5l°“'"- N~Y-- ' _ the alderman.’ iltreamed up, baseball paid for. elle is the first daughter oi Toronto Maple Leaf defence- man Bob Baun and his wife ‘Hami|’ronA|dermanC|aims Bail Fans Not Interested the Cl-‘L. and its nine teams: That left the CFL high and;-minor indignity of being held to Big league hockey does it.. in promoting profes- Major league base-bali does lt. ! cii refused to go along with mtg} slonal football. In effect, he was When the N a t l o 11 al Hockey i telling the Canadian Football League decided it was time 'to§Copps who said the city dona- J , EU! in Put up the money build a hall of fame in Toronto. tion was necessary to encourage i last place. have contributed two itself if it wan-ted a footbali hall member clubs paid for it. When ’ the I _ ' ' the idea of a baseball shrine at .would raise the necessary 575,- iwinless streak that has lopped [is the most intriguing myilefl was first _ , l The Cl-‘L claims major-league‘ “me 0‘ his °°”“3”°5- b°°3“5° ‘ status but it depends on a dis- haie a change of heart the 30‘ond - . ' . i -piace Montreal 1‘ rgfusedt mf ‘li)°'il":it." $°3;°°0h if ltillery to spend a few thousand nor so members already electedi W“ C05 ° “1 “'3 9 3" ldollars each year to promolajto the hall of fame won't h ,voting for outstanding players 3 a permanent building where in ' It can be taken for granted Epays the who the league. The distilieryi le shot. ; The football hall of fame idea first came up a couple of years ‘ bad. i ago. The Hamilton parks boardf Maybe. now. the CFL will do, donated a buiiding that would house the exhibits but it was I ate the names of men who have.’ .sold this year as a site for a high school. =fo ball By T'lE ASSOCIATED PRESS tedly isn't making Liberty Bowl Pllzll past Saturday, with only dium. But Dudley may have something when he asks: “Wifli the exception of Navy vs. Texas - in the Cotton 1, w has a ball. college or pro. with the better attraction?" television cameras trained on most them. If Philadelphia's Liberty Bowl succumbs to apathy and pneu- monia after Saturday‘: revivai. it will go out with a cracking good football game between North Carolina State and Mis- sissippi State. Baylor’: Don Trull will be the main point of interest in the _ Bluebonnet Bowl when this fine '3 team ainst defence-minded Louisiana State. The game at Mt- ami will fin Jack Concannon of Boston Colfdegeflaciig thefPhitl1a- delphia Eag es p ng or e , . North against George Mira of ifillflllmfglgt Ofhoindiviiiruald taleante. Miami. Fla.. and the San Fran- ’:_ is egiiiaghu cisco wen .sgn pro con ac .. _ p ,a fiock of fleet receivers in the PLANS ON ICE lsouth squad. Concannon has an Promoter Bud Dudley admit- the post-season football business into ' h scrued elal issues involving the appear- ances of two sou ern teams. and the weather. The National Association for the ance- dlum because of Mississippi States’ appearance. Baylor and [BU take identical 7-3 records into the Bluebonnet with about 50.000, or 60,000 due to turn out at Rice Stadium. They expect about 40,000 at the Orange Bowl for the North- South game with an interesting George Bork. the passer who set records at Northern lllinois. The Liberty Bowl in Philadel- phia, the Bluebonnet Bowl in 10.000 expected to brave the The G Bowl at Jackson- Houston and the North - South sub - freezing temperature at ville. Fla. the Blue-Gray 3* All-Star game in Miami will get 102.000 - seat Pliiiadeipliia Sta- Montgomery. Ala., the East- Bowl Games Are On Tap In American Cities Today West Shrine game at San Fran- cisco and the Tangerine Bowl at Hawks Fighting For Their Lives By an SIMON ne iin tlgelrfllasfi aizpgharaincei tag: - Canadian Press Staff Wr r ‘on t e aw s a e _orum ‘ Less than three weeks ago, lnight. And when they finish with ; Ch Black Hawks were the Habs, the flagging pace-set» ibreezing toward what appeared ters have to pack their gear ‘to be one of the T111105! lop-sidgl l gdthead for—of all places - irunaways in the istory o e‘ son. ‘;National Hockey League. ‘iCOULD_LOSE LEAD In another day or two. they.; if Chicago m8ll8~B95 lo l!l0W ' ‘ the Canadiens can take the measure of the improving Red Wings at Detroit night. the gap wiil be Sallie. who have three sons. '1 Mother and baby are in Tor— ’ onto East General Hospital. i As recentiy as Dec. 4. Hawksv wer cruising comfortably wlthl a 10-game edge over their near- 3 un av est challengers and a nine-game i unbeaten streak, despite U1 real has a game in hand. Meanwhile the chastened Tor- onto Ma-ple Laafs. bounced out of a second-place tle as a result § 0 dry and Hamilton board of con- ; 3 2.2 tie at home by the last-I trol recommended donation of [place Boston Bruins. It was the _ $55.000 toward cost of another i first point they had surrendered ‘of a 7-3 thrashing at Montreal hall of fame building. City coun- lw a vls" team all year. iwednesday, will try to rectify it also turned out to be an imatters against the Red Wings unpieasant foretaste of things to at Maple Laaf Gardens tonight come. The Bruins. no longer in and against the Rangers in New York Sunday. defeats to a current four-game 1' B0St0ll’5 ll'l35l9l'Y 0‘ “M Hawk‘ despite a plea from Mayor Vic‘ hall of fame committee whol 000 additional funds needed. ifour points off Chicago's mar- ‘lot the NHL season. Who would pay’! The pubiic.‘g1n. ' “league leaders in their 30 out- of course. At first glance. six points still V_ Now. unless some alderman 1l00l(S safe enough. But the sec- 3 lllgS_l_0 d3l9- ‘three ll3‘_’° 599“ ca.nadien,_ administered by the Bruins. who who looked like world heaters have picked up only four Vic-I ave' ’tories at the expense of their . i other league opponents and beat their achievements and contri- H°CkeY PraCTiCe lthe Hawk’ °“]y “Vic” ‘H “M ' . Q h ' _. . lseason. b °“s ° te game W [ There will be ractice for They have 8 taknted wphm I 1' . ih' 'i . . . med And 15 “mud be t°° the North River Juniors Sunday more goaltender in M John. nlfitllll 73;5“‘§mF°'1"m ‘mm -45 ton. one established forward ' ‘ .J ““ ' - ~ P “Y”? are '9‘ inc consisting of Murray Oliver. something on its own to perpetu quested to attend this impom Jlohnny Bucyk and Tommy wn_ 3"‘ l'l3°““°- liams. and three pi-oven defence- MINOR hockey has a big thing going tonigiii at 3:30 at The Forum when a midget-juvenile contest will be presented. These youngsters play a classy brand of hockey and this engagement between Citizens and Councillors should give the fans their quarter's worth. . m Tibbo rifled home two for Mer- Auslralian Runner ‘Train and non... tallied the nu. MELBOURNE, A iistr ii i i I_ Only z; in n pl 0 watched- lAPl-—Ron Ciarke, a member "Most were relatives of mine of the Caulfield Mob. has stolen lany-way. Clarke I Loop Games % l Southport, Glasgow R o a d,‘ Mermaid. and Covehcad grab- ’ bed points in Wednesday night's, Sunny isle Farms League con-‘i tests at St. Dunstan‘s rink. , Glasgow Road and Mermaid battled to a 3-3 tie, each garner- ing a single point. G. Carr scor- ed a pair fo Glasgow Road and Barrett sank the other Sa Malone accounted for both .ove ea markers. it was a 2-0 triumph over Mt. Albion. ‘; Smallwood led the Southport _ attack with three goals. Shei- mmmthe 01’ m pic moms” , CLIMAXED EFFORTS dow and Herman: picked up a 353 ' pair each and MacMillan and who first gainedlm prominence as a teen-ager when 1 he lit the Olympic torch i-n 1956, ;:h§b;;‘°‘;"“f }.°°.""t§f 3.12233 now is a 26-year-old Austraiiani 3 ‘ "5 “'3' p 1 business executive who wedn”_ l threat since John Landy. But it . l k . day established himself as a ‘eading d i st a n ce runner by The record breakthrough cli- axed years of frustration for [Jenkins were the other marks- imen for the winners in their 9-4 triumph over Millview. Wood took care of three Millvlew goals and Jenkins tallied t fourth. too Caulfied Mob to firmly estab- 1 l zncking two world recordl llsh Clarke’: credentials. mmnin‘ in the Victorian In 1960. after Clarke had come Marathon Club‘: annual Emil ,‘out of military service over- Zawpek 0. - metre rim. ;weight and unable to regain the Clarke passed the six - mlieiteenflzc {om mm mm, mm mark in 27 minutes, 17.0 sec-l d onds for one record and cli- in“ "9" L3" 3“ h‘ ‘M ' ‘rm’ maxed his performance by fin- .09 fl'l9l\dI belifill meelllll “Cl? lshing the metric run in a rec- ‘night after work to train around 0"‘ 3515-1 ‘Melbourne’: C a ti] field race Clarke’: time clipped 3.1 sec- course. ‘ onds off the six-mile recordi Naturally. they cafled thera- held by Hungary’: Sandor lb-faelves the Caulfield Mob. Clarke aros and bettered by 3.2 seconds gtrudged around the course day the 10.000-metre mark held byiand nigit. building his strength Russia's Pyotr Bolotnikov. The land stamina. and finally chang- i O -Curling Draw The following is the curling draw for Saturday at the Char- lottetown Club. (spares needed.) L45 P.M. Ice 1 —- Open. Ice 2 -— R.C. Parent. H. Doug- las. A. McEwen. L. MacLare vs. D. Douglas. K. Kennedy, A. MacFadyen, H. Coffin. Ice 8 — R. Spillett. S. Benton, E. Tanton, A. Leaman vs. H.R_ Carruthers, R. Spillett, 1'‘. Mac- Millan. T.W.L. Prowse. Ice 4 —— Double knock-out fl- metric distance is equivalent to ing his sights from the mite dia- rix mites and 376 yards. A -tances to the longer runs. inal llf necessary) Ice 5 —- K. Ready. K. Dalzlel, N. MacNeill. M. White vs. B Boyles. G. Lidstone, D. Wood. B. M('Gili. Ice 1 — E. Tanlon. A. Train- or. E. MacDonald. E. Douglas vs. H. Douglas, L Turner. C. Edgett. Ice 3 — Junior Final. Ice 4 -— J. Burden. M. Tools. I). Douglas. E. Maclnnes Va. A. Ballcm. M. Jardine. R. Mac Gregor. P. Johnston. Ice 5 — D. George. K. Doug- las. K. Kennedy. P. Bowness vs. H. Peters. L. Webster. R. Doug- las. J. Macltinnon. (Spares, V. Andrew. M. Mac- .Ice 1 — Open. ice 2 — Dr. Macl(ay. M. Gar retl. R. Edwards. D. Cormier vs. L. Blakeney. G. Macltay. 1-‘. Morgan. W. Robertson. Ice 3 — Open. Ice 4 —- J. Squarebrlgga. M Blalieney. K. Dalsiei. C. Bolgar TONIGHT and Jamie Kennedy. right. of tie Cltiasnm will both be going all out in an effort to help their team pick up ii victory. The game is scheduled to get uilarwsy at 8.3 p.ai. aliarp. Ice 5 — A. Garrett. 1. Mac lean. B. McGlll. P. MacKay.va G. Anderson. M. Stewart. Ifaclwsa, W. llcdtli. . ... .m_.;.,._... .. . . - Two Sections Go ‘In Paperweighis The following are teams in the re-organized paperweight divis- ion in Charlottetown Minor Hoc- ey. “B DIVISION" Pelicans — Coach—- Billy Mulligan. David MacD nu gall, John Bell, Thomas Carragher, Stephen Dnwling. Eric Hughes. Robert Kenny. Mark Mullin, Al- lan Poulton, Wayne S tan ley, Dale Wood. Hawks-— Coach—- Bob Younk- er, Douglas Macl(ie, Bill Butler, Kevin Cooper, Shane Doyle, Ronald Gillespie. William Kough- he an. John Quinn. Fred Younker, Dale Thompson, Henry Woold- ridge. Budgies — Coach—- Jack Nor- ton. Carl Adonis, Ken Campbell, Jhn Dowling, Chris Easter- brooks. Ralph Josey. Kevin MacDonald, John MacMillan, Thomas Smith. Kevin Watts. ..0wls— Coach— Brian Lewis, Blaine Lewis. Stephen Bartlett, James Crawford, Pat Doyle, Jon Hutchinson. Donald Love, David MacKlnnon. Wayne Mac- Klnnon. Brian Redmo an Prnffit. Jays— Coach— Ivan Doherty, Roger Duffy, Scott B rown, Thomas Cullen, Derrick Egan. Wendell Hume, Floyd MacCon- nell. Frank MacKinnon, Ronald Murphy. Lyle Shephard. Cranes — Coach— Bobby Do- herty. Randy Mar-Donald, Keith Arscnaull. arth Cameron. Ricky Flanagan. Wayne Fran- cis. Ian Johnston. Douglas Mac- Donald. Gary MacQuald. John Osborne. Keir Thompson. Doves-— Coach—- Colin Camp- bell— Walter White. Gary Best- Of six defeatssuffered by the ' Carter Scores’ or lst Round KO P'I'.['ISlBiURG'H (AP) —- Rubin a stunning one - round technical k n o c k 0 u t over welterweight champion Emile Griffith Friday night in a televised fight at the Civic re a. Carter. the No. 2-ranked mid- dleweight contender, ti o o r e d Griffith with a vicious left hook shortly after the two fighters had broken from a clinch. Grif- fith beat the count but was ob- viously hurt and put both hands to his head before referee Buck Mc'1‘ierna-ii waved Carter in in again. Carter moved in swiftly and raked the champion with a ser- ies of lefts and rights to the head. sending him to the can- vass for the second time. Griffith managed once again to get to his feet, but McTier- nan ruled he was unable to con- tlnue and awarded the fight to rter at 2:13 of the first rou . Carter weighed 156, Grifiith 151 Griffith's title was not at stake. it was the first time the New Yorker by way of the Vir- gin Islands had been stopped. Griffith's record now is 38-5. Carter's record is 18-4, includ- ing 12 knockouts. iHcibs Looking For Swede MONTREAL (CP)—Sam Pol- lock, general manager of Mont- real Junior Canadiens, said Fri- day that the National Hockey League parent club is trying to obtain defenceman Leif Lela as highly mended to us." said Pollock. "He is only 18 years old and, according to our scout. looks as good as Jacques Laperriere did in his junior days riadiens. Now is the time for Blowing I'E('OTI1- Laperriere now is a regulari defenceman with the NHL Ca-’ Tex.. on Dec. and Bowl at Pasadena, Calif, the Orange Bowl at Miami. the Cotton Bowl at Dallas and the Sugar Bowl at New Oiieans, all on Jan. 1, complete the college bowl picture. Italian Champ in Top Shops MIAMI, Fla. 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