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Canada Wins Thriller not Diggity Dagg s. Determined Scots Bow Out In Tense Scotch Cup Final I 9. Scotland had another deuce SAt nn until DaPP rhanprnt thp rf' -a "7 -y ft Bv LARRY WOOD H'ld Staff WrUer) Who said the Scotch Cup world curling championship was practically devoid of competition? Alex F. Torrance and his Scottish mates left the knockers with a face full of egg Thursday night, going down to an almost tear-jerking 12-10, extra-end defeat at the hands of Canada's Lyall Dagg in the championship final at the Corral. The Canadian champs, for the sixth straight year, were full value for the title.

The Vancouver boys had the edge and their experience in pressure competition showed through in the tight going. But the Scots, who were beaten 9-7 by Canada in the preliminary battle of the unbeaten rinks Wednesday night, captured the hearts of 4.370 spectators with as gritty a display of determination as you'll find in sport. They pushed Dagg and his henchmen to the limit in a thriller that was reminiscent of STORY IN SMILES. The IIIIIIIIIIMIIItlHIIIilllllltlilllllllllMltllilllllllll Ovation ers reveal the outcome of the Scotch Cup world curling championship Thursday. The Vancouver rink of (from left) skip Lyoll Dagg, third Leo Hebert, second Fred Britton and lead Barry Noimork gave Canada its sixth stroight Scotch Cup title.

Sad Scots iven smiles of these four cur WORLD OF SPORT PAGE 16 I- TnFHFRATn FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1964 some of the great Richardson-Gervais battles. Both the former world champs were on hand, and both will attest to the appraisal. RECORD ATTENDANCE The classic conclusion was the only one fitting for the sixth annual championship, which was held for the first time outside of Scotland. A new attendance record was set for the affair. A total of 20,242 fans watched the seven draws involved.

The Scots wasted little time indicating they were meaning to take a second run at the Canadians in the afternoon semi-final. Torrance and company ran away to an astounding -l lead in four ends on Robert Magie's United States rink from Duluth and eventually eliminated the Americans 13-8. The Dagg rink ousted Sweden 14-9 in the other semi-final but they had to tame a tiger in the early going as Kurt Johns-son and his mates came out roaring and were ahead 4-3 after four. In the fifth, the complexion changed when Dagg, with last rock, picked out a Swedish shot-rock to register a big five. 80 PER CENT Dagg.

who has Leo Hebert as his vice-skip, Fred Britton at second and Barry Naimark leading, dug into his repertoire of fancy shots in the tension-packed final and turned in an even 80 per cent shooting performance. Top man on the ice was lead Naimark at 87 per cent. Hebert curled 82.6 while Britton, by comparison, had an off night at 45 per cent. The Canada team percentage was 78.6. The Scots combined for a 74.7 percentage with vice-skip Alex Torrance top man at R0 even.

Here's the end-by-end account of the final. 1. Dagg purposely blanked by hitting and roiling out after Torrance pulled up short with his last draw. 2. The Scottish skip fanned a takeout with his first rock allowing Dagg to set up a two by splitting the house.

3. Torrance rolled behind a guard with his first, getting one opposing rock of two he was trying to double out. Dagg, however, didn't bump the Scottish rock back far enough with his last come-around try and rolled into the open leaving Torrance a hit and stay for two. 4. Following a magnificent exchange of shots, Dagg drew cold to the button with his last to cut out three Scotland counters.

5. A Britton miss allowed Torrance to get his house split and following an exchange of hits Scotland scored two for a 4-3 lead. 6. The Scottish skip missed both his rocks leaving Dagg a routine quiet-weight takeout for a big three. 7.

Torrance tied it by scoring two on a free draw with his last. Dagg missed his first rock takeout, then got only one rock shooting for a double with his second. 8. Another cold draw to the four-foot with last rock by Dagg bailed out Canada after Scotland had set up a pair when Hebert missed both his shots. By BOB TATE i Herald Staff Writer! This story should be about Lyall Dagg, the winner.

But how can you deny a man whose heart, in a matter of minutes, was broken to the point of tears, then mended by a burning desire to become the world's champion curler? This was Alex F. Torrance, the loser. When his final draw shot slipped harmlessly past Dagg's winning stone in the extra end. the little Scot offered his hand to the Canadian champion, a 12-10 victor, and rushed to his dressing room. There he cried.

Not the tears of a spoiled brat who couldn't get his own way, but the tears of a very competitive man whose heart and ambitions were smashed just when his goal was within reach. Minutes later a composed and rightly proud little Scot emerged from the wings to a standing ovation by the 4,370 curling fans who had made him their champion. For more than 45 minutes Torrance accepted handshakes, signed autographs and held court. Only when workers were on the last leg of converting the ice surface back to a hockey rink did he leave. "There's always next year," he said, "and I hope I get another chance at the Cup.

I plan on keeping my rink together." Yes, the Scots played well. Only in the Scottish final against Chuck Hay did they play a better game, and yes, Dagg is the finest rink they have played against. Torrance paused to re-live the two ends that cost him the championship. "The bad one was the 11th." Lying one Torrance attempted a freeze to Dagg's second shof but was a touch light allowing the Canadian skip an open takeout for two and a 10-8 lead. "If I had made that shot we would have won." The disappointment was seeping away and Alex continued freely.

He explained his final rock on the 9th, an attempted takeout and roll to blank the end, which, instead, punched Dagg's rock against a backer and allowed Canada to steal one. Clobber Rangers 9 ALBERTA OUTDOORS By ALLEN BILL eo 5 pictur.e with a superb first-shot double takeout. Torrance gambled with his last rock, trying to blank the end by punching out a single Dagg shot rock in the back of the 12-foot, at an angle ALEX F. TORRANCE competition plus to avoid another rock in play out of the rings. But he banged the Tock onto the back stone and surrendered a crucial single.

10. Torrance got one buried and Dagg rubbed a guard trying to eet at it. Torrance then spl; 'Vl" and af' Hagg narrowly missed anotht. perfect double, the Scottish skip hit and stuck for a tying two. 11.

Dagg got the deuce back when Torrance pulled up one foot light trying to draw for second shot. Lyall hit and stuck with his last. 12. The Scottish vice-skip saved the day with a magnificent draw around a short rock which set up two to force overtime. Dagg rubbed the guard and rolled in for second, Torrance hit it and stayed.

Dagg hit the shot rock hut rolled too far and Torrance's last draw stayed in the eight-foot for the tying point. 13. A straight-on double raise by Britton erased a hidden Scotland shot rock and killed Torrance's final hopes. After that the Canadians cleaned house and Torrance was heavy with his last draw. Dagg didn't use his final shot.

SEMI-FINAL'S Scotland 221) 501 200 100 13 U.S. 0(11 020 012 011 II Canada 102 050 102 0:40 1 4 Sweden 020 201 010 102 9 FINAL Scotland Canada 002 020 200 202 OIO 020 ll Oil 020 212 (Percentages: Jim Waddell 74 0, Rohby Kirkland 75 0. Alex Torrance SO 0. Ales F. Torrance "0 1: Barry Naimark 87 0.

Fred Britton 65 0, Leo Hebert 82 6. Lyall Dagg 80 0i Bowl every night after midnight at REDUCED RATES! Imperial Bowl 66th Ave. Centre South Phone 252-2241 Your Car Will Fee! and Look BETTER After You Visit BRENDAN'S Station Wagon Air Deflectors $.95 Pair 1 -I iiMmimimmiimiiimiiiMmmmimmmiHiiiiiiiimimimiiiiimiiiiHmiMiM Red Wings Still Have Eyes On Third Place "Alex (his cousin who plays third) wanted me to try the in-turn but I thought I could make it with the out. Now I realize that the in-turn would have sent my rock into the backer rather than Lyall's." When asked why, with last rock, he asked for takeouts on rocks in the back rings rather than draws to them, Alex said: "I was only two down at the time and I didn't want to change strategy. Three down and it might have been a different story." Dagg, whose coolness under pressure earned him the Brier Tankard only two weeks ago, admitted to being forced equally as hard by the Scots as he was in his final contest with Prince Edward Island.

In praising the gritty Scots. Dagg mentioned the fourth and ninth ends as the most crucial. "The boys swept my last rock draw against three into the house on the fourth and we got a break in the ninth when Alex tried to blank," Robert Magie Jr. and his U.S. entry, eliminated in the semi-final Thursday afternoon 3 Maple Leafs with each club hav-! ing two games left a head-on clash between the two contest-: ants in a home-and-home series this weekend.

Montreal and Chi cago, of course, have yet to set tle their differences over rights to first place. The Canadiens are home to the Bruins Saturday night and play in New York Sunday while Chicago visits Boston in their only remaining game. Montreal can take first place Darlene Currie Sparks Cage Win, VANCOUVER (CP) The favored Richmond Merchants and the University of Saskatchewan Huskiettes scored easy victor-. ies Thursday night in the open-; ing round of the Canadian senior women's basketball champion- ship. The B.C.

team, seeking its 12th title in the last 15 years, trounced the Edmonton Jasper-I ettes 71-35. Saskatchewan open-' ed the tournament with a 54-41 triumph over the L'niversity of British Columbia Thunderettes. Second round of the three-day tournament will be played to- night with Edmonton meeting Saskatchewan and UBC chal- known as the Vancouver Eilers. Richmond and Saskatchewan will clash Saturday night in the game that is expected to decide the title. Guard Darlene Currie and centre Mary McDonald led Richmond's victory over Edmonton.

Miss Currie scored 23 points and Miss McDonald had 20. Forward Bev Coward added 14 points for the losers. I by Torrance, was disappointed by his rink's performance. "We didn't play as well as we can but this is our fault. Not being a young rink it boils down to the fact that we pooped out.

This made 4fi games in March." Magie said he was impressed with both the Scots and Swedes. Per Odlund, manager of the Swedish entry, blamed the rink's semi-final exit on "lack of experience." "We thought we might beat either the U.S. or Scotland but we proved that we lacked the kndw-how when it came down to difficult situations," he said. Neither the Norwegians or winless Swiss, both making their first appearance in Scotch Cup play, were disappointed. Gerold Keller, skip of the Swiss entry, offered "We learn how the Canadians play the game.

But, because of swingy outdoor ice, I'm afraid we won't be able to apply their knockout strategy. Maybe when we get artificial arenas things will be different." with two wins or one victory and a Chicago loss. The Wings, however, face a stiffer task. They must beat Toronto twice to take third spot. WINGS FLYING It's a mighty task but the way Detroit is flying these days anything can happen.

The Wings have won four straight games and the win over the Rangers was their ninth in their last 10 home games. Parker MacDonald sparked Detroit with two goals and two assists. His two markers were part of a four-goal splurge in a 196-second span in the first period that gave the Wings a 5-2 lead. Alex Oelveccchio also scored twice for Detroit and singles were contributed by Floyd Smith, Ooug Barkley, Gordie Howe, Paul Henderson and Andre Pronovost. Phil Goyette scored his 23rd and 24th goals for New York and Camilla Henry tallied once, his 29th this season.

A crowd of 10.2o9 watched the Wings bombard Jacques Plante with 39 shots while the Rangers tested Terry Sawchuk 28 times. First period 1. Detroit, Smith UTi 'Uliinan. Langioi; i 2:06: 2. New- York.

Goyette ii3i (Henry. Neiisoni 3 New York. Henry 29. iHoweil. Gilbert! 4.

De- lLingi0. Hoe. (Hoe. Lar.g- DeiveCcruo 6. 7 Detroit.

(111 iM Pronovost. MacGregor) 13 35. Pen alty Jeffrey 17:49 Second period 8 Detroit. Hove 1 26 hio. Macdonaldi 2 35: 3 Detroit Henderson f3i iJoyali 17 35.

Per.il: Neilson. 11.48. Third period 10 Detroit. Del-veeehio t22i (Macdonaid. Lang-loss I 3 24: II Detroit.

A. Pronovost i7i (Martin. Hendersont 6 50, 12 New Y'ork. Govette 24i iHenxv. Gilbert! 15.5 Penaitief Mc-Mahon 9 (.

Hadfield 11.20. SAVES Plante Sawcnuk 9 11 10 Ml 7 a 1025 SALARY CR 7-1084 Tycoons got smart salutes from the doorman, the Beatles get screaming adulation from the teen-agers, Imogene Flutz wins the Irish Sweepstakes. But I the shy. unsung scribe I get Abercrombie Fitch's Used Gun Catalogue! The others can have their glory. Now, A and is the greatest sporting goods retail store in all the world.

Its building in New York is as big as Eaton's or The Bay here, seven floors filled with nothing but sporting goods, clothing for the outdoors, everything to wear or use for recreation. When their catalogue of used guns (a separate booklet from the regular quarterly catalogue) reaches this distant outpost I lay everything aside, put a box of tissues handy to rope with my drooling, line up my own poor-relation guas at attention, then open up this regal publication. Mv eves move lovingly down the list of used guns and stop first and where else at this: Holland and Holland RovhI Grade, 12 ga. 28 inch barrels, straight grip, $2,500 E). The offerings are graded: perfect factory condition: new condition, neglible use; VG, very good, minor surface scratches: moderately used; reasonable wear inside and out.

And is for poor, and Mr. A and say, "guns fitting this description are not offered." The list draws my eyes on. Insignificant figures drift by: a Parker, S430, a Westley Richards at $485, a "VG" Winchester 21 in 12 ga. $450. Ahl a "VG" Purdey 12 ga.

with 28 inch barrels at $1,475. And look! A Bfiss Best Grade over and under 20 ga. with Sir Joseph Whitworth 28 inch steel barrels, just $2,200 (one to a customer please). And rifles: "Yes sir, just this way please. Now here, sir, is a Remington 458 in good condition at $250.

This rifle, sir I hadn't thought much lately of slipping away for a safari in Africa hut why not dream a bit. "I suggest sir And there it was: "VG" Holland and Holland Royal Grade, 500 465 calibre, double-barrel, half rib, open express sights standing bar 100 yards, folding leaf 200-300 yards, full pistol grip, and a Silvers recoil pad, weight 10 pounds 7 ounces, $1,750. (There he was, his head and shoulders just visible through the tall grass. My gun-bearer hissed a warning. Slowly I raised my Holland and Holland until it was snug against my shoulder .) "Who's there!" I snarled as some idiot knocked at the door.

As 1 rose to answer this dream-destroyer, the Catalogue of Used Guns slipped to the floor. OH WELL, a very fine REAL thing happened to me last year. I learned to eat bread and butter again. Just bread and butter, with a glass of milk. I don't fancy it up with any canned synthetics.

(Although quite often I fashion a few slabs of raw Bermuda onions and invite them to be seated on the bench of honor between the royal slices. On rare occasions I sprinkle the bread, not lightly, with brown sugar and try to fool my taste buds into accepting it as the sugar we used to dig out of a dying keg of West Indies molasses that sat on a shelf half-way down the cellar stairs of our south shore Nova Scotia house). I rediscovered the gastronomical ecstasy in the savoring of this stalwart loaf in the modest bakery in my home town of High River This is where my bakery is, still housed in the solid frame building whose face took the mud splashes of spring as cowmen's horses clopped up to the hitching rail. In my bakery I don't suppose there is one button to push to make soul-less machines hum and grind and spew forth a litter of spineless loaves. Peek in the window and you are looking at a canvas by Renoir: the sun and wind-made face of a Brittany fisherman is really a still-warm loaf of brown bread.

That big gathering of buns are the bosom-y peasant girls dancing by the flickering light of flambeaux in the village square. The cinnamon rolls are like the closed petals of a dark rose. Yum. I would like the most delicate and sensitive nose to come and tell me what the gentle waves of scent really sav when you open the door of my bakery and are engulfed. My senses come out of their torpidness and I just stand and take maqnificant sniffs.

If that is heaven I shall mend my ways. What has all this to do with this column of Albetta Outdoors'' Nothing. I guess, except that my bakery's bread is like Alberta's outdoors. There loo you are offered freshness with s'ghts and smells all its own. the wholcsnnieness of fool hill grass; a crusty cover, like a field of snow after a frieze.

(Canadian Press) New York and Boston are out of the playoffs. That's not news but it's the only conclusion that has been reached in the National Hockey League after 205 games. Everything else is still up in the air. To the delight of the NHL's six promoters, none of the top four positions in the standings 22 2i 25 27 214 202 18S 187 185 Chicago Montreal -Toronto Detroit New York Boston aie resolved as the 210-game schedule heads into the last weekend. And it's conceivable that this situation will still exist at game time Sunday night.

Detroit Red Wings could have 1 partially settled the issue Thursday night but declined a fourth-place finish, thank you. The Wings belted New York 9-3 to remain in contention for third place, where Toronto cur-' rently is lodged. It was the only game. The Detroit win moved them to within three points of the Sunset Title To Orphans Orphans rolled to the Sunset lEXSwiJ? Thursday night with a 124 vie-, lui uvri nuuauu a Day The win gave Orphans the ni in araiaht oames League scoring champion Russ Parker paced the winners with four goals while Jim Lavcock and DarTvl Barrett each scored twice. Singles came from Len Kraemer.

Don Graves. Bob Pet-resque and Doug Ladell. For the losers, Joe Szakaly scored twice with Barry Dowler and Doug Ellerbeck netting singletons. Fastball Meeting Calgary Commercial Fastball Association will hold its annual meeting Sunday, Mar. 22 at 1:30 in the Manning Eggleston au-' i I I 1W jrffcm ANDY BATHGATE three away No Asterisk Should Andy Set Record MONTREAL (CP) Should Toronto's Andy Bathgate set a National Hotkey League record for assists this season, it will go into the record book unqualified by an asterisk even though he may have played one more than the regulation 70 games.

Ron Andrews, NHL publicist-statistician, announced the league ruling Thursday saying "it wouldn't be his fault that he played an extra game andj if you started putting asterisks in the book for cases like this, I it would soon be riddled with: them." "You would start getting into things like how much ice time did Bathgate spend compared to Beliveau. It could go on and Montreal jean tseuveau sei the record with 58 assists in 1960-61 and Bathgate himself holds the mark of 56 for a right winger, a total he racked up in 1961-62. He has 55 so far this season. The Maple Leafs have two more games to play and if Bathgate appears in both that would give him 71 for the season because New York Rangers had played one more game than Toronto when thev traded him to Toronto Feb. 22.

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