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Late Coal Slices Savage Cup Beef Disputed Vernon Win Cuts Nelson's Margin Sports MERV PETERS Sportt Editor Hamilton's Hoop Plan Fells YMCA Determined Montclairs Sweep Series Hamilton 69, Vancouver 53. HAMILTON Vancouver YMCA fell victim to Hamilton CYO Montclair's two-year plan. Hamilton defeated Vancouver 69-53 for its first Canadian junior basketball title in 21 years. Wednesday's victory was Hamilton's third straight 4n the best-of-five final. It climaxed a two-year drive by Montclairs, who were defeated last year by two points in a two-game, total-points Eastern Canadian final against The VANCOUVER SUN By DENNY BOYD Sun Sports Writer Vernon 5, Nelson 4 VERNON No Interior hockey final would be without a beef, and this Savage Cup series has 20 Mar.

26 SUMMARY one prime cut, flavored with salty words and blood' Vewon S. Nelson 4 i 1 Vernon. Klnff (Swarbrick) 2. Vernon. Moro (Agar) 3.

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George Agar and his Vernon Canadians have their first victory of the be'st-of-seven B.C. hockey final, defeating Nelson Maple Leafs 54 here Wednesday night. But Ollie Dorohoy and his Leafs have $25, price of an official protest, that says the Vernon victory is phony. The vast difference in opinions was caused by a goal by Vernon veteran Merv Bidoski that snapped a sticky 4-4 tie and gave Vernon its first win after two straight losses. It happened this way.

Nelson had scrapped a 4-2 deficit to weld a 4-4 tie with doski 19:59. less than five minutes left in the game. Both clubs went wild-eyed with anxiety in the last two minutes a hairy race for the winning goal. They went into the last 10 seconds with the puck behind the Vernon net. It was kicked out and Bidoski picked it up at his own blueline.

The Leafs, for reasons known only to themselves, had one eye on Bidoski and one eye on the clock. Nobody bothered to check Bidoski, figuring presumably that he didn't have time for a shot. Penalty: Trentlnl. Windsor AKO. GOOD, TOO Slap Shot Fools Woods Grid Lads To Meet Trotters By ANNIS STTJKUS The best of the San Francisco 49ers will be in Vancouver April 9.

But football fans can stop looking at the calendar. They're coming here to play basketball at UBC gym. That should be something in itself. But when the opposition is the Harlem Globetrotters, it should be a "must" on either a basketball or football fan's It was then that Bozak did the one thing that was impossible to understand, under the chaotic circumstances. With the clock registering zero seconds, Bozak called for a face-off.

As soon as the puck was dropped, Bozak whistled the game dead with the clock one second over. The puzzle of it all is this: If, as Bozak claims, the puck hit the net simultaneous with the horn, why did he call the face-off? He did. He let go a slap shot from the Nelson blueline that zoomed in under the glove of Nelson goalie George Woods. Then the beef was sliced. Nelson players poured off the bench and surrounded referee Paul Bozak, gesticulating and protesting that Bidoski had shot after the horn.

Bozak checked with the timekeeper, who ruled in favor of the goal. Bozak claimed the puck hit the back of the mesh just as the horn sounded. LAID PLANS I Montclairs laid their plans, and this year made up for their short average height with drive and determination. Vancouver, pre-final favorites on the basis of their superior height, were badly outplayed '-throughout the series, especially under the backboards. "We just couldn't play well enough.

The other team was too good," said Vancouver manager Ted Milton. He said YMCA took a bad physical beating in the five games needed to win the western championship in Winnipeg. QUICK LEAD Hamilton jumped into a 17-9 lead in the opening ten min- rates Wednesday, increased it to 36-27 at half-time, and was ahead 58-41 entering the final quarter. Pete Isaacs led the winners once again with 19 points. Forwards Al Schlosser and Lenny Wright each scored 18.

John Glover's 13 points were high for Vancouver. Montclairs won the opening game of the series, 74-62 Monday and followed up Tuesday with a 52-46 victory. Hamilton 9) Isaacs 19, Schlosser 18, Wright 18. NordofI 7, Sullivan Spadonl 2. Vancouver (SS) Layne 6, Lorenz 8, Terris 1, Hyndman 7.

Bunyan 6, Candlish 10, King 2, Glover 13. No Answer for Face-Off Officials of the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association who attended the game backed drawing Woods aside with a great fake and sliding the puck in. Nelson's Les Hyssop then went to work. He made it 3-2 in the last minutes of the period and, after Vernon's Art Hart made it 4-2 in the second, Hyssop scored again with 49 seconds to go in the period.

The third period was a gasser, with Vernon fore-checking madly in an effort to protect the lead. It worked perfectly until 15:54 when Warren Hicks rattled in a rebound to tie it and send the game towards that last epic minute. Fourth games goes tonight. Bozak solidly on the goal but didn't have an answer for the mysterious face-off. Vernon opened the scoring at 5:53 of the first period on a rising shot by Frank King.

Flashy Jim Moro made it 2-0 for Vernon at 11:08 on a goal that brought another argument from Nelson. Agar scooped up a pass from the corner and Moro turned it into the net with a part of his body that Nelson contends was his hand. Carl Forster got one back for Nelson at 13:39, and Bidoski made it 3-1 with his first goal of the evening, menu. Hurrying Hugh McEl-henny and Y. A.

Tittle, believe it or not, are a good combination on a basketball floor. Both have taken to the cage game like ducks to water. You'll also have the Tittle to R. C. Owens "alley-oop" combination, a play that originated on a basketball floor.

Owens, one of the top receivers in the National Football League, was named to the National AAU all-tournament basketball team at Kansas City in 1957 when he played with Seattle's Buchan Bakers. Also no strangers to basketball are six-foot, nine-inch Bob St. Clair, a large tackle by profession and an agile 265 pounds; Billy Wilson, who earned three basketball letters at San Jose and turned down pro offers to concentrate on football; John Thomas, last cut of the world champion St. Louis Hawks a year ago, and Gordy Soltau, place-kicker deluxe who barnstormed several times with Minneapolis Lakers. Actually, the 49ers will out-size the Globetrotters even with Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain and his seven- foot, one-inch skyscraping frame.

And should the "Trotters decide to try it a little rough we could see some football long before the season is due to open. W.H.L. GAR-A-VAN PLAYOFF Complete Unit FACING UP TO THE SITUATION I pass from teammate. Ball landed flush on the button, momentarily contorting Dick's face. Hauch escaped injury.

AP Wirephoto. APPARENTLY APPLAUDING own goof in high school basketball game at New Wilmington, is Kutztown forward Dick Hauch, who misjudged long Metros Improve Looks In Coast Loop Warm-up TOO ROUGH Bruins, Leafs Plan Extra Line BOSTON (AP) Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs resume their Stanley Cup hockey semi-final warfare tonight with rival coaches thinking of employing fourth lines to offset bone-jarring body-checking, tactics. "I'll wait and see what happens, but I have a fourth line ready to go if needed," said Boston Coach Milt Schmidt whose Bruins enjoy a 1-0 edge in the best of seven series. "A fourth line may come in handy and we can use one if necessary," said the Toronto general manager and coach Punch Imlach. Both teams employed make-shift forward units in the final stages of Boston's 5-1 victory in the series opener Tuesday night.

Some of the hardest-hitting hockey seen in Boston in years prompted Schmidt and Imlach to consider an extra line. Meanwhile in Montreal, Bernie (Boom Boom) Geof-frion, bull-shouldered right-winger of the Canadiens, today became a key figure in coach Toe Blake's plans to toss more psychology and confusion at the Chicago Black Hawks. "I'm seriously considering reuniting the line of Geof-frion, Ralph Backstrom and Ab McDonald for tonight's game," said Blake. Blake's move was the latest step in the masterminding that surrounded the Hawks-Canadiens semi-final. 8:30 "i Trades! Terms! Jrum VK MacLEAN MOTORS Mjfcj 95 Kingswoy, Distrib.

TR 4-1166 PICKET OJ Esf 111 ttAy 1 IWL TO 5:30 Qf I SKATING 1 1 I I Forum FLYERS 9 vs. VANCOUVER i Saturday 10, 2 5 8:30. Also Monday CANUCKS I Thursday Eve. 8:30 I I 1 Tickets US, $1.50, $1.25 Sunday I p.m. $1.00 at Hicks Ticket Bu- BJ reau and The Fornm.

For- KM MB urn opens nne HMI Bi hour hrfnrp MACDONALD'S drove in four- runs. Dyck clouted a three-run home run and two singles before being replaced by Ray Bar- Top Talent PUCK SCORES In Mat Test B.C. senior amateur wrestl ker. Barker had just joined the club from the parent Baltimore Orioles. Fleet outfielder Barry Shetrone's bat also wrecked Seattle hurlers Chuck Churn and Max Surkont.

Shetrone slammed a homer and a triple. Besana was particularly effective for Vancouver. He worked the final four innings, facing only 14 batters and walking but one. Rookie sensation, catcher Jim Pagliaroni, left the game in the first inning after suffering a minor injury. He was replaced by young Tom Patton, who proceeded to crack out two doubles.

Seattle 100 000 000 1 4 1 ing championships will be loaded with talent when the Special to The Sun YUMA, Ariz. The Vancouver Mounties continued to pound opposition pitching here Wednesday while grooming for the Pacific Coast League baseball season. The Metromen rapped two Seattle hurlers for 11 hits and trimmed the Rainiers 10-1 for their fourth "Grapefruit League" triumph in five starts. Tonight, the Mounties take on Fort Worth of the American Association. Outfielder Joe Taylor and Jim Dyck led Vancouver's hitting barrage while Charlie Beamon and Fred Besana combined to cool Seattle's bats with four scattered hits.

Taylor and Dyck each tournament starts Saturday at East Hastings Community Centre. American I.eajrue. Hershey 6, Cleveland 2. Buffalo 3. Rochester 2.

First games best-of-seven semifinals. Quebec I-eapiie Montreal 2. Trois-Rivieres 3. First game thiee-team, round-robin final. Eastern League Johnstown 3.

Clinton 1. First game best-of-seven final. International League Trny 4, Indlan'apolis 5, Toledo 1, Louisville 4. B.C. Senior Nelson 4, Vernon 5.

Nelson leads best-of-seven final 2- 1. Ontario Senior Kingston 2. Whitby 6 Whitby leads best-of-seven final 3- 0. Kitchener 3. Abitlbl 3.

Kitchener leads best-of-five semi-final 2-0. one tl. Memorial Cup Pembroke 5. Quebec 8. First game best-of-three The heavvweieht class has five entries, including Keith Maltman, ex-Canadian cham pion, and Joe Fedazcek, form Lookingfor second straight playoff shutout Friday against Spokane at.

the Forum will be rookie Vancouver goalie Bruce Gamble. Canucks won first game of best-of-five Western Hockey League semi final 3-0. er junior champion of Hun gary. Other outstanding wrestlers Vancouver 005 112 Olx 10 11 0 entered are: Ralph Casperson, Surkont, Churn (5), Gibson 18) and Bevan. Beamon.

Besana (6) and Pngliaroni. Patton (II. Hair-ston (7). 1958 Canadian and 1959 Washington State champion, and Fred Flannery, Canadian champion. Both athletes rep SPORTS IN SHORT: resented Canada in the B.E.u.

at Cardiff last year. At least 30 entries are expected for the afternoon ses Britain Aflame Over Title Bout sion starting at 1 p.m. Jmais go at 7:30 p.m. This also happened Wednesday in the wonderful world of sport: IN BOXING Britain's biggest boxing row In years flared up with burly Brian London caught in the middle. The British Board of Boxing Control has banned the home-grown heavyweight from meeting champion Floyd Patterson for the world title in Las Vegas, April 21.

They claim the bout would not be in the best interests of British boxing. London has hurled defiance at the BBBC officials. "I'd be daft to turn it down," said the pugnacious 24-year-old former British champion. He has been guaranteed $75,000 more than he has made in his entire career. "I've got a big pay day coming and a chance to win the world title," he said.

"I'll risk suspension at home for that." IN RACING Slippery Serpent, who fell at the 13th fence in last Saturday's Grand National steeplechase, suffered such severe injuries he had to be destroyed. The Irish-trained horse, which had been third favorite, broke a bone in his leg i Vertex is regarded the likely favorite in the not strengthen them." The Braves would like one of the veteran infielders to solve their second base problem, created when Red Schoendienst was stricken with tuberculosis four months ago. IN GENERAL Arnold Palmer was the big winner in the 36-hole Seminole pro-amateur golf tournament at Palm Beach, Fla. Palmer won $1 000, tieing Mike Souchak for first with a 141 total and picking up an additional $1,250 in the best-ball competition. Veteran Ben Hogan staged a brilliant comeback with a flve-under-par 67 and won $550 Bobby Fischer, 15-year-old U.S.

chess master, figured in two straight draws in an international tournament at Marl Del Plata. Argentina. Fischer, U.S. national champ from Brooklyn, drew with Luis Sanchez of Columbia in 41 moves and Jaime Emma of Argentina in 46 moves Polio-stricken Jeff Hall, Birmingham City's English international soccer player, was taken out of his iron lung but his condition remained "very critical." Birmingham City has called off four games scheduled for the Easter weekend as a result of Hall's illness. John B.

Campbell Handicap at Bowie Saturday. The Maryland-bred thoroughbred will carry top weight of 124 pounds Jamaica got off to a poor start when only 28,732 fans down 5,728 from opening day last year-turned out. And despite the advent of nine-race cards, the betting was off, too. The mutuel handle was $2,498,294 $229,413 less than last year. IN HOCKEY New York general manager Muzz Patrick denied putting the blame for the Rangers' failure tp make the NHL playoffs on goalie Gump Worsley.

"It's not true that I blamed Worsley," Patrick said, after he had been quoted as saying that if any one player could be singled out for the failure, it was Worsley. "I never sir.gled out any player for such criticism." IN BASEBALL Neither Junior Gilliam nor Don Zimmer will be traded to the Milwaukee Braves by the Los Angeles Dodgers. "I'd be silly to trade anybody to the Braves," general manager Buzzle Bavasi said. "We're trying to catch them, Buffey Faces Assault Court EDMONTON (CP) Referee Vern Buffey was charged Wednesday with assault causing bodily harm as a result of an incident following Tuesday night's Western Hockey League playoff game here between Edmonton Flyers and Winnipeg Warriors. City police said the charge was laid by a fan named Terry Saville.

Saville, treated in a dressing room at the Edmonton Gardens for a cut lip, told reporters he was punched by Buffey when he remarked to the referee: "You boobed on that one, didn't you, Buffey?".