The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 13

WESTWICK rnalI The Ottawa Journal WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1960 Page 13 'The Old Masted Sets Things Straight TACK ADAMS, who has been 33 yers coach or nuia or both with the Detroit Bed Wings. If going down memory Un in some reminiscence lor Maclean's Magazine, Any (um Adams opto oa hockey, he's bound to interesting. But Dm year! must hv fogged Adams memory oo at least en Incident la th piece.

That's whea be gen arouad to Frank Nighbor, one of the greatest of all hockey Layer with tha old Ottawa Senator! and certainty the top defensive forward of all time. Adam, la discuuing hi days' playing with Fort William I I suppuas nasi dvuc; jua)T -vr Lakeheed was freak ghaut, who iam west with a team froia hi horn towa, Pembroke, and played la what, for turn, wag h8 player Bass ad Joel Rochon, a aquai Utile saw. Joel would let yon skat past him and shea he'd reach around from behind and hook the puck from your stick with his, Nighbor, a long-armed solema fellow, was a good scorer for Pembroke, but 1 can't recall him a being much of a checker Hswereiy be must bay stadisd Reckons ea-tisual style that a ght. fur otar the end of the gam be was trying the hook-check. mormon 3 1 a.

L-t. a. uu a iuiu 'Later, whea Frank Joined the Ottawa Senators, be bs- cam the moat famous defensive centra of all time, and ha book -check and poke-check were so devastating that the Oua Auditorium was built egg-ahaped to suit hie checking skill, its aarrow ends contoured to keep pock-carrier from weeping wale past him. But. as far aa I know, the sight N.gbbor saw Joel Rochon' hook-check was the' ftrst tun he'd ever aca the Lactic that helped put boa la hockey's Hall Fame.

Of course. Frank perfected K. "la latcf years whea I played against turn In the NHL I learned that that stick of hi can out at yon like a cobra inking. ghbar checking ability even became a peycholW cal hazard. Aa opposing player would tickhndl past him bat the he'd'nghieB up apprehensiea of the book-check, and the puck would roll off stick, I found the only wsy to beat Nhbor, if si all.

was to skat close to him. Inside bj long reach. If yon tried te ga wide with the puck you were NIGHBOR TILLS OF IT This yarn had a strange twist to It so far as anybody who followed the career of Frank Nighbor. Never one has Nighbor ever ment csted being Influenced la his perfectioa of the poke check a a Joel Rochon. the man Adams mentions as being the greatest influence on Frank's adoption of lh poke check.

And Nighbor isn't mentioning it now, either. As a matter of fact be see mad rather amazed about this suggestion a well another an! of the Detroit leader's reminiscence. "I don't know where Jack got soma of thee notion about or the poke Nighbor said last sight la Pembroke. "I remember this Rochon ai playing with Fort William. But I don't over recall ever even noticing him doing any poke chocking.

"As a matter of fact, I never went with a team from Pembroke to play th gam Adams mention. The Pembroke team never went there. At least, I was never with thorn, The lata Harry Cameron and I went out a very young players to Join th Port Arthur dub. I think It was about 1910. 1 COPIED JACK WALKER' The man that first gav th idea to try th poke check was Jack Walker of the Port Arthur club.

Walker was good player, 1 wai subbing as a kid of about 18, and he really bad a good poke check. I used to watch him doing this poke Chocking and I decided to take It and se what I could do wKh IL AH Nighbor did with It was- to become th greatest exponent of th poke check that th gam has ever known. "Cameron and I decided that we'd go to Toronto th neat Frank said. "But. even If it means taking issue with an eld friend like Jack Adams, his story isn't correct.

Jack Walker wu th man who gav th idea about th poke check. He wu good at it, and I Just watched him. Sometime 1 think his angles wer better than mine." there is any credit coming to th man copied oa th poke check, I went to make it clear that it goes to Walker." TELLS OF HOOLEY SMITH Nighbor wanted to make another observation: "If you're talking about ha said, "you'd have to make a reference to Hooley Smith. It's up to Smith to say whether ha copied the poke check from me. But I know Hooley got to be very good at It" On night in Montreal Smith mad his reservations about who he had copied.

He was speaking shout copying Nighbor poke check end recalling a time when he cam down with Maroons and matching this check with Nighbor. Smith's word were: "I hid learned it from Nighbor, and In this game the old guy gave me another lesion st OBJECTS TO OLD STORY Nighbor took umbrage too over th claim of Ad-i that th Ottawa Auditorium had been built with the "egg s.iaped corners" just to suit his style of checking. This has become a legend in hockey despite the' protest of men such as Frank Abeam and Tommy Gorman; rranx Aneam wouia nave Known Better man anybody else In sport if this were the esse. He hss disputed even the" slightest suggestion that this was what inspired th snap of the rink. This was sn architect's problem as we recall Frank explaining it and th architect backed up every word he said.

Now come Nighbor: "I've heard that story a hundred times. It's utter non- reference to me. but I can only learned about the poke check. It end-that old angle about building the ice surface for me at The Auditorium i a myth." Slalom Hill Opens-Tonight at Fortune Th lia.uu trrfi mrkifk h. taxed Peewee Hill at Camp Fortune over the 1 weekend should be lightened stsrting tonight with th opening of Slalom Hill.

Snow mktfte operation have been completed en the lull and with list night' natural fan, John Clifford has ordered it onen for uu. I -I say he's wrong about how I was Jack Walker I copied. There was enough snow on Slalom over the weekend to provide room for the midget Instructors' classes and now Its in good enough shape to shoulder the burden of constmt use. The Bar and rop tows will be. In operation tonight on Slalom and th tows on Peewee will also be available.

Smiths Posts 6 Falls Over Hull Braves By PHIL O'REILLY lbs trying out various combina-of The Journal lions. Me appears to have hit "nVir right on now and the oiiuuus itiu xuucaua apparently Intend to prove the experts right. It locks as thgtiEh the will be one of the" clubs in the Senior Hockey League this season. A lew weeks back many supporters of senior hockev were wondering why Rideaus were In lastly C-icn McKenney and lyle piace. jney naa managed.

only four ties In their first eight games. They can stop worrying now. Is) Third Plac 'Rideaus picked up their third straight Win last night at the riTh" a Braves, The victory move Rideaus into third plac in th league Manuuif a wily una pouu Data of Ottawa St, Anthony' and only two behind th league wading Hull Senior Canadian, a dub undefeated seven games. It was th second win a row for Rideau over Braves. Last week Rideau downed Hull 9-4.

Early in th season. Rideaus didn't look as though Jhry would fnghten anyone In the for th Iragu pennant They latched on to thre top are from th disbanded Belleville McFarland. Still they didnt cause many ulcers among opposition coaches. Score Thre But all tha Rideaus' coach Billy Watson seemed to SVictdry are playing a prominent row. On in particular stood out last night, MJt Bukarhfrtt.rr: Biikarheskl picked up three goals to lead idea us to the win.

Linemat and centre Bill Colvin, another Belleville player, counted one. Tb other Smith Falls goals wer scored uu Jean Louis Seguin, of Hull, has bad a couple of fair outings against Rideaus, He scored thre of his team's four goals last week and managed two of lb five last night. The other Hull scorers war Pet. Caron and Bern I Limoges, rim rrwe 1 Hull 1 L. Sieuta SI turn iTi cto aniM rin.

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Glebe Curlers Take Over 'Spiel Th City Bonspiel became virtually a Glcb show last night with of th four rink reaching th semi-final from th Lansdown Park club. Th fourth team to make th grade was skipped by Hunt Q6b's Al Hammond, a former Gwb member. Tonight, on Glebe lc at 7 JO. Bruce Anderson takes on Hammond while Col. Bill Tim mer man and J.

R. Aitken book up in th other bracket. Final are booked for th Rideau club Thursday night. Last night, Tim merman elimi nated S. Harbin of th Mountie Club, 11-7, while Aitken downed V.

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1. CARLETON HEIGHTS l-allis Darls Affiacy Traakr Winfiln tram! Mrs. A. rrsarr Posts Etcheverry Must Deal With Cards Before He Can Play With NFL Giants NEW YORK (L'PI) If star Canadian leagu quarterback Sam Etcheverry a going to play la th National Football League, he'll have to deal with the SL louts Cardinal rL Thai what th New York Giant learned yesterday their bid to obtain Etcheverry fell through whea they found out the Cardinals have prior rignt to Bun, Had ta Withdraw A Giant apdketmaa said that Ray Walsh, club treasurer, bad mad aa offer to Etcheverry, who was "anxious to play for th but bad to with draw k. Th Chicago Cardinals origi nally laid claim to Etcheverry but be prei erred to play in Canada.

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Jim Butfsaxj coaatlsnmi winner, rsuier Mat' DoasM; ruaasr-a, Brt lmr. NAMED SCOUT SAN FRANCISCO (UP!) Al Gkmfriddo, former Brooklyn Dodger outfielder, has been sdded to th scouting staff of th San Francisco Giants, It was announced yesterday. v. WINNIPEG MAROONS DEPARTURE Winnipeg Maroon at seen wearing their Hudson' Bay blanket coats as they 1 boarded an aircraft Monday that will take them on a hockey tour of Czechoslovakia as amateur senior representatives of Canada, cy -Journal Wires boto) Third i i 1 1 SAM ETCHEVERRY yesterday, but when Gaudaur arrived Montreal Etcheverry asked him for more use to deride. "Thi Is perfectly acceptable to Gaudaur said.

"Wo expect that be will tell of hi intention ta 10 day or two weeks. "Naturally would like to know as sooa aa poasibi. But there certainly lent any need to panic yat It a still months befor we start signing any of our regulars. "Our only conversation with Sam sine th trad have taken straightforwsrd, normal Royals End Slump -At Home MONTREAL (CP) Montreal Royals cam from behind to score four unanswered third- period coals las night and defeat Kingston Frontsnaca B- for their first Eastern Professional Hockey League win at the Forum sine November 27. Centre Reggie Grlgj.

scored th winning goal at 10 Jo whea he fired In Jo Szura's knee- high sunt past prostrate Kingston goalie Ed Babiuk and added th Insurance marker at Is 40, again on a pass from Siura. W. Ruukie Wavna Connelly tied th gam at 6.12 after veteran aentr Skippy Burchell notched hi 100th goal with th Royal at 2.11 to (park the recovery. George Goeselin scored twice and Randy Miller once for Frontenacs, in third place with 40- points. Guy Black scored the other goal for Royals, who remain in the cellar with 23 points, rmt rsria 1 Klnriton.

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Hsrprr 1M1, Aahbas UK, MlUar li e. Staas Babiuk II IS en ii to SIHL Records LAST NIGHTS RESULT Smithi Fall, Hull Braves, 5. Standing WLT APIs Canadien 5 0 2 34 14 12 St. Anthony's 3 4 1 43 39 11 Smith Fall) 3 4 4 49 46 10 Pembroke 3 4 3 38 SI 9 Brave 2 ft 3 39 S3 6 HulhCanadienr Win Exhibition CAMPBELLTON, NB (CP) Hull Canadien, of the Ottawa Senior Interprovincial Hockey League, defeated Campbellton Tigers of the New Brunswick North Shore League 12-1. Brian Smith, Jacques Fau- bert, Germain Munger, Wayne Freitag and Gilles Gagnon each scored twice for Andre Boudria and Harold White had tingle.

TRAINER DIES MIAMI (UPI Vic Sovinski. trainer of last year's Kentucky Derby winner, Venetian Way, died. Monday of a heart attack. SovinsXli. 53.

collapsed while eating Straight Win stays in Canada courses. We have tried toell Sam on tb menu of moving to Hamilton. want husvHeH 1 L. i I on of those black and gold yniorma." Etcheverry and end Hal Patterson, two of Montsral Alou-ette all-tim great, were traded to Hamilton November I for quarterback Berate J0T We Guarantee Delivery Before Christmas On Any Stock Suit or Overcoat I OPEN TONIGHT, TOMORROW I and FRIDAY TIL 9 O'CLOCK Free Customer Parking, Terminal Parking Lot I 5 aero the (treat from our Georg Street Entrance. I "Here y'are, lads! A Canadian whisky that does na' cost a Faloney and defensive end Doa Paqueu in a deal that rocked tb Canadian football world, Flow, of Ii nri Sine then there ha bean a steady flow of rumor about Etcheverry' future, tb most recent that he would )oia New York Giants of th National Football Ltagu.

have never mentioned salary or terms. We have nevwr tin aia uauaaur. On of th complicated factors la tb deal that Etch, verrys contract reportedly states he cannot be traded without his consent. "Sam says be wants to wait until be is certaia what is best for Gaudaur said. He aaid tb Tiger-Cat will never initiate any legal action no matter what Etcbeverry's decision.

That would be ap to the Akwettes, be said. He also denied rumors which said Etcheverry was asking Hamilton for a S23.0O0 to (30.000 annual salary. ma try Gaudaur aaid there, wer no prablem about Pat terson reporting. "When I spoke to Patterson earlier be appeared quit happy over the proapect of Signing with us." GevW TWIN SEAL in si:.