Friday, February 19, 196C
BARRY HAMELIN � Sports Editor � Phone LO 4-244]
NORANDA, Que. 1CF1 � Th i960 Canadian high school curl ing championship heads into it final two rounds today with the picking of the eventual winnei still a hazardous guessing game Alberta and Northern Ontario with 0-2 records, are naturallj the favorites. Tommy Kroeger-': Stettler rink appears to have ; slight edge over Northern On tario's Ken Davis.
After losing two of their fir's three games, the Alberta lean has won five in a row, mostlj by handy margins and the boys-are curling steadily. And then last, two opponents are Quebec and Newfoundland, the teams at the bottom of the standings each with only one win in eight matches.
Northern Ontario meets Que bee in tonight's final round but faces fairly strong Nova Scotia which has a 5--1 record, in the afternoon. Also, Northern On tario was far off form in losing to Alberta 10-G, Thursday.
N o t c o in p letely eliminalec from the title hunt are Saskat chewan, .Manitoba and Prince Edward Island, all with 5-3 records.
In case of a lie after the
HIM n.....il tonight, a playoff
game will he held immediately. Officials have not decided what will be done if (here is a deadlock between three or foul' teams.
T h e r e w e r o three draws Thursday, the busiest day of the bonspiel which opened Monday. Alberta had the bye in the morning round and in the afternoon defeated Northern Ontario. The teams were even al'tei eight, ends hut on the ninth, Charlie Cook, vice-skip of the Dryden High School rink, missed a pair of takeouts shots and Alberta broke up the game with a five. Northern Ontario was able to gel only one on the ninth.
In the evening game. Alberta scored an easy win over Nova Scotia by a 13-3 score.
Northern Ontario won its only other game Thursday, a close (i-1 triumph over Saskatchewan After losing seven in a row, Quebec pulled the surprise of (he competition when il heat
Winnipeg Warriors are back ;iu the winning bracket bul a playoff berth now looks a slim ' hope.
Warriors registered their first win in five starts in Thursday's only Western Hockey League action, edging Hie Louring Victoria Cougars 4-2.
liul I heir r< ccnl sill hip still leaves them a massive III points oul of foui'lh an.I la.si playoff spot with only 13 games to play in the four remaining weeks of the season.
Warriors' tenacious ilipslay of cheeking and shooting sharply contrasted with their el-forts when they lost :>�! to Cougars Tuesday.
Saskatchewan 16-5 Thursday night as the> Westerners turned in a dismal perl'orniacne.
In Thursday night's othei games, .Manitoba downed British Columbia 11-5, Prince Edward Island beat Ontario S-(J and New Brunswick defeated Newfoundland 12-!J.
In the afternoon draw, Saskatchewan beat Nova Scotia 6-4, Ontario defeated Manitoba 8-5, Newfoundland lost S-5 to British Columbia and New Brunswick swamped Quebec Ki-2.
The morning rounds saw Nova Scotia defeat New Brunswick 8-3, Prince Edward Island down .Manitoba S-7, British Columbia heat Quebec 15-12 and Ontario defeat Newfoundland S-G.
Ski Tourney Here Sunday
The Prince George Open Ski Tournament�the first and only to be held here this winter� will be underway Sunday minus one event.
The tournament is sponsored by the local Hickory Wings Ski Club.
Poor weather conditions which, to skiers, mean not enough snow, has forced the club officials to cancel the jumping portion of the tournament.
Due to the jumping being dropped the tournament won't start Saturday as originally planned but will be run-off completely on Sunday.
The crosscountry event will lead off the tournament Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The event had originally been scheduled for Saturday afternoon. The slalom races will begin at 1:00 p.m. on the hill three miles out of town off the Vandcr-hoof Highway.
Despite Ihc lack of snow around the jumping site, club officials stale that there is enough snow to hold the other events.
They expect that the icy snow on the main hill will lead to fast Limes � and spills � In the crowd-pleasing slalom events.
Competitors from Wells, Kiti-mat, Smithers and Quesnel will join Prince George skiers in the tournament. An estimated 20 competitors will take part in the Men's Slalom while about 10 will compete in the Ladies' Slalom. \ not her 12 are expected to compete in the cross-country event.
Among the Prince George entries will be Paul Steindle, Ferry Stroblc, Boh Clark and, possibly, Alf Strom and Ron Gunshold. Dorothy Sieill, Nora Bcrkhout, Nan Steindle, Eileen Stroblc, Mary Sandberg and i\Irs. Harry Anderson will he among the ladies. Steindle and Stroblc finished ne-two in the men's slalom vent and arc favored again this ear. Prince George skiers also -�(in the jumping and cross-country here last year.
SQUAW VALLEY, Calif (CP! Canada's delightful World pairs figure-skating champions, Bol; Paul and Barbara Wagner, were the experts' choice to win a gold medal as the eighth Wintei Olympics got down to actual competition today.
Team manager Granville May-all of Vancouver, who also is president of the Canadian Figure-Skating Association, gave the Canadians a solid plug. "I don't see any reason why we can't place one-two in the pairs, and the men's singles should be close, a battle all the way between Canada and the United States," -Mayall said.
T HIIB E-TIM10 WIN X BICS
The spectacular Paul and Miss Wagner, world champions for the last three years and sixth in the 195G Olympics at Cortina, Italy when they were just getting started, should win the Gold Medal, Mayall added, closely followed by the young brother-sister team of Otto and Maria Jelinek of Oakville, Ont.
Paul and 'Miss Wagner, both Toronto born, are 22 and 21 respectively. Otto Jelinek is 19 and Maria 17.
The organizers of 'the Games, which have been fouled up by squabbles,' injuries, floods and too much snow, took heart from the rood reaction to Thursday's jpening ceremonies.
The ceremonies were- so dignified and moving that almost everyone- from hero and abroad were lavish in thcii1 praise. If the weatherman <�<>-operates the Games still could be magnificent.
The weather bureau said it would be partly cloudy today with a high of -10 at mid-day.
SERVOLDS COMPETE
The Scandinavians were expected to dominate the first event, the men's 30-kilometre 1-8.64 miles cross-country ski race starting at !) a.m. MST, with Canada's two entries, the Servold brothers, Clarence and Irviii, or Camrose, Alta., given outside chances.
The Canadian figure-skaters were set to open at 10:30 a.m. I'ST at the $3,500,000 BIyth Ice Palace.
These were the- only championships scheduled today following thu postponement of men's downhill rare to Kelt. UU because of Thursday's heavy .snowfall.
The hockey program starts at I p.m. PST tonight with the United States facing Czechoslovakia. Then at. G:30 ip.m., Canada's favored Kitchener Waterloo-Dutchmen meet a strong Swed ish side and at '.) p.m. Russia's
defending champions take on Germany.
DUTCHJES STRONGER
Bobby Bauer, coach of the Dutchmen, was quietly confident Canada would regain the hockey title it lost to Russia in the 195G Games.
"We are stronger in goal, am! on defence ami we've got three solid forward lines," said Bauer who also coached tho Kitchener entry in 1950." "We are in as good condition as any team here."
The whole Canadian Olympic team made a colorful showin in the parade of athletes that opened the 11-day spectacle Thursday. They were dressed in dark Cossack hats and rain-bow-hued mackinaws of white with large green, red, yellow and black stripes.
The ceremony was run off in one hour. At first it seemed that an ! 1-inch snowfall, that started in the early hours Thursday would be a final, paralyzing blow to the organizers' plans.
But the sun burst through and the snow stopped falling until the parading athletes marched out of the ice palace. Then it began snowing again. I510ST EVER
Many of the foreign contingent feared the opening ceremony would be another Hollywood extravaganza, gaudy and in poor taste. When it was over some said it was the best they had ever seen.
"It was d igri i f i ed and very noving," said Finnish team doctor Marttl Karvonen.
Despite traffic snarls caused >y the heavy snowfall, some 15,000 spectators managed to reach this tiny valley nestled in he High Sierras.
R & G Passes
UP FOR GRABS Saturday when teams from four local schools compete in the annual Prince George Junior High School Basketball Tournament in the High School Fieldhouse is the Citizen Trophy, -which will go to the winner of the girls' championship. Action starts at 10:00 a.m. and winds up with presentation of the trophies at 0:00 p.m. �Hal Vandervoort photo
ters Clash
Basketball will lake over the High School Fieldhouse' tonight and Saturday with
junior high school tourna-
The Minor Hockey Association of Smithers would like to extend its thanks to the officials of the Prince George Minor Hockey Association, the management of the Coliseum, and the parents who billeted our pee-wee, bantam and juvenile hockey teams, for their kindness and co-operation during our visit to Prince George last weekend
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Norm Ullman's I9tli goal, last-second effort that caught Montreal goaltender .1 a c (| u e Plarite cold, gave Detroit lied Wings a :i-:! lie with the-Cana-diens in Thursday night's only National Hockey League action. The 2'1-year-old centre bent the masked I'lanie cleanly with a 20-foot shot.
Tlii- Ked \Vin;;s gonlci- Dennis Kiggin, a replacement toy ailing Terry Snwchiik, was benched willi :5<) seconds tt> go and il worked.
Detroit went ahead in the first period on goals by Gary Aldcorn and Jack McKenzie, but Henri Richard and Ralph Uack-stroni scored in the second.
Phil Goyette outfoxed Riggin in the third with what looked like the- winning goal until 10:59.
The result gave .Montreal a 16-point lead over second-place Toronto Maple Leafs,
BOTTOM CLUBS CLOSE
Below s e e o n (1 place, the league is considerably tighter. Detroit, Huston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks each have 5 1 points. New York Hangers trail with 30.
Detroit, however, lias one game in hand over the Bruins and Black Hawks.
With a full six-game weekend coming up, the jam may he loosened quickly.
Saturday night, New York is at Montreal, Chicago is at Toronto and injury-racked Boston goes to Detroit.
It's Montreal at Detroit, Toronto at Chicago and Boston at New York Sunday.
A Montreal Forum crowd of 14,908.saw Detroit force Plante to handle 11 shots to Riggin's four in the first period before Canadiens recovered to hold an ;e in play the rest of the game. Both goalers made 26
Minor Bowling League Being Formed Here
Move over minor hockey and baseball associations in Prince George, you're going to have company. Two local bowling enthusiasts plan to start a minor bowling
league here.
The two local howling boosters are Gene Pfliger and Joe Camozzi. They hope to get 70 hoys interested in their venture. The league will be composed of boys from ci^ht to 14 years of age, before June 1st. Pfliger and Camozzi will take the first 70 applications and hope to get started by next Friday.
Applications must be into tho Bowladrome by Wednesday and must be signed by a parent or guardian. The league will be in action every Friday night the Bowladrome from 6:30 p.m. on.
The formation of a minor bowling league here would probably be the first such association in the province.
"All oilier sports have a minor program," said Camozzi, "and there is no reason bowling shouldn't. It's the fastest growing sport in the world and is really booming here." Camozzi said that the local league would have a 10-week schedule and playoffs after the season. Trophies will be given to t h e playoff winner, league winner and to the players having the high game, high three and high average during the season. Camozzi and Pfliger hope to hold a small banquet for the bowlers at the end of the season.
GIRLS' LEAGUE
Both Camozzi ami Pfliger are looking into the future and hope to form a girls' league next season if the response is good enough.
Camozzi said that if the idea takes hold here an attempt would be made to have a governing or sponsoring body take over the running of the league.
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In time, Camozzi said, the league could be affiliated with the B.C. Bowling Association and its parent Canadian body.
Camozzi got the irleo for such a league, at least indirectly, from his son.
After watching his son bowl, he started thinking about a league for boys and proper instruction for them.
The idea took root over a cup of coffee with ("Jenc Pfliger and the two went to work. First they contacted the Bowlndi onie to see about support from them.
The Bowladrome joined the bandwagon and part-time manager Bud Marty promised to take an active part in the minor league.
So now it's up to the kids. If enough show an interest in such a league � and Camozzi and Pfliger are confident enough will �trophies will be obtained and arrangements finalized.
The applications will be separated according to ages and each age group will be represented on each team. , Camozzi and Pfliger will also look for a coach for each team, who will keep score and generally supervise the young bowlers.
merit and two senior high school games.
Th junior high tourney, the first edition in what is hoped will be an annual affair, will be held Saturday from 10 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Boys' and girls' teams from four local schools�Sacred Heart, Connaught, Duchess Park and the Senior High�will take part in the single knockout tourney.
Officials from the schools involved hope to make the tournament an annual affair. In order to insure this a committee or association may be formed later this year.
The first game of this year's affair will pit the girls' teams from Sacred Heart and Con-naught against each other at 10 p.m. From then, until the final game ends around G p.m. and the presentations are made, the Fieldhouse is expected to rock with the screams and yells of the uninhibited youthful rooters.
Trophies have been donated to go to the winners of the boys' and girls' divisions. The Citizen trophy will go to the girls' champions while the donor of the boys' trophy is expected to be Northern Hardware.
The Polars will be out to gain revenge for their only loss in the Cariboo Inter-High Basketball League this season at the hands of QuesneFs Spartans.
Action starts with the girls' game at 7 p.m.
The Prince George Rod and Gun Club passed two resolutions and elected a new executive at its meeting here Wednesday. A third resolution will be presented later.
The resolutions presented and carried at the meeting concerned an increased deer limit and a season on Morning' Dove.
A proposed extension of the altered moo.se season will be presented, or dropped, when results of a moose count arc known. NEXT EXECUTIVE
A new slate of officers was elected during the meeting and will lake over immediately.
George Locke was appointed president of the club while Trev Sterling take the vice-president's position. Hon. Kay YVllliston, minister of Lands and {''crests for the province of B.U., was appointed honorary president.
Others elected to the executive I were Casey Toneychi, treasurer, | and BoV) Jackson, secretary.
Bob Acres, Wilf Aleric, Jim I Brown, Bruce Lamb, Bill Blaek-| burn, Deliriar Lamb and George Kortvelycssy were elected as directors. Gus Lund, John Ass-man and Harry Loder were elected trustees for 19b"0. RESOLUTIONS
The resolution on an extended deer limit asked that the limit on clear in this area be increased to two from the present limit of one.
The resolution also asked for a short doe season.
The resolution concerning Morning Dove at first asked for an open season on the bird as they were reported becoming plentiful in this area.
However it was suggested that an early season, starting August 15, was more practical as the birds migrate south for the winter.
A proposal that the moose season be extended was sidelined until the game department finishes its moose count. The count is being carried out at present but is not complete enough to "release any data." The meeting was also told that the pistol shooting part of the club has been very active Tuesday nights with about 12 members turning out each evening.
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10 a.m.�Sacred Heart vs. Con-
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11 a.m.�Duchess Park vs. Con-
naught (boys).
12 a.m.�Duchess Park vs. Senior
High (girls). 1 p.m.�Sacred Heart vs. Senior
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4 p.m.�Winner of 1 vs. Winner
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5 p.m.�Winner of ,'i vs. Winner
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POLAR GAMES
Tonight in the Fieldhouse the Senior High School Polars and Polarettes will host their arch-rivals from the Qucsncl Senior High School.
APPLICATION FOR BOYS MINOR BOWLING LEAGUE
NAME
ADDRESS
AGE LIMIT 8 Years to 14 Years (15th birthday on or afler June 1, 1960)
First 70 Applications Accepted up-to February 24, I960, at
This application must be signed by the parent. Cost of Bowling 90c per week.
LEAGUE PLAY COMMENCES FEBRUARY 26 AT 6:30 P.M.
wishes to announce the appointment of
Mr. Jack Sparrow
as
Service Manager
Jack has been in the automotive industry for 27 years and was Service Manager at Little Bros. Ltd., Weston, Ont. for 10 years before coming to Prince George. He moved his wife and daughter here on 5th of February and plans to make his permanent home in Prince George, B.C.