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Saskatoon, Friday, March 3, 1972 Were number one again in womens curling 10 the STAK-FIIOEMX pionship, also sponsored by the CLCA, will be held in Winnipeg, March 13-17 next, year. ship, known as the MacDonald Lassie, back to Saskatoon. It was the fourth successive crown for Saskatoon and came before a delighted hometown audience at the Arena. More 2,150 fans watched Thursday night as the foursome clinched the title with a last-draw victory over Helen Sill-mans Ontario rink. It was the fifth champion- By BRIAN MAINMAN S-p sporU lit-purler Think of the Canadian women's curling championship and you think of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Vera Pezer, Sheila Rowan, Joyce McKee and Lee Morrison combined for the second year in a row to bring the 1972 edition of the champion ADIDAS gals also started slowly and trailed 2-0 after one. The second was blanked when Vera missed an open draw but that was all for Sheila McLeod and her Fredericton crew. Saskatchewan tied the contest on the third end and then scored two on each of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh ends. The eighth end was blank and the New Brunswick gals shook hands. I dont think any of them missed a shot and if they were slightly off, the sweepers pulled the rock back." McLeod paid high tribute to the Saskatchewan rink saying they were fantastic.

We tried to play a garbage game, but Saskatchewan wouldnt let us they cleared out everything, McLeod said. Ive never seen such amazing girls, they should be in the Brier. Pezer said they were frustrated after the first end against McLeod but they learned quickly they could not play a front game. When we dont have last rock we sometimes leave rocks in play in front but we decided not to after our bad start. The gals praised the Ontario rink after the final game.

They really curled well, Lee said. I think they might have outcurled us at least I think their lead (Elaine Tetley) outcurled me. Vera said her rink came up with a solid team effort. We ship for Saskatchewan in the 12-year history of the event under its present format with the first coming in 1961. The skip on that winner was Joyce McKee.

McKee has been on all but one of the Saskatchewan championship rinks and was also the winner of the Canadian crown in 1960 when it was run differently. At that time the West winner met the East winner and McKee and company beat Quebec two straight. McKee skipped a rink to the title in 1969 and two members of that foursome were Pezer and Morrison. The other Saskatoon champion was Dorenda Schoenhals who captured the crown in 1970. The Saskatchewan victory also continued western domination of the championship.

Only one title has gone east of Manitoba and that came in 1963 when Mabel DeWares New Brunswick rink took all the marbles. Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba have each won two championships. Pezer and company were most impressive in taking the title after losing their first game back on Monday afternoon. At that time they met a red-hot Quebec crew and fell 9-7 in an extra end. But from then on they got better and finished in machine-like precision.

They never lost in their next eight games outscoring the opposition 73-28. I think this one is the biggest thrill of them all, Vera said after she had regained her composure after an emotional closing ceremony. Its especially nice to win in front of the people from home. The gals were particularly pleased to win the last game against Ontario. We didnt want to back in to the championship if Manitoba and Alberta had lost too, she said.

The gals got stubborn early-end opposition from Ontario, but Manitoba and Alberta were also having their troubles. The neighbouring provinces recovered to win their games and finished the cham-ionship right behind Saskatchewan with 7-2 records. After five ends on the last draw Saskatchewan held a narrow 2-1 lead, but Ontario scored two on the sixth to pull ahead. That seemed to be the catalyst the defending champions needed and they took the lead with two on the seventh end, then virtually clinched the decision with four on the eighth. They added insult with another one on the ninth.

Sillman decided to shake hands after that and the Arena filled with the continuing roar of applause. In the afternoon game against New Brunswick the knew we couldnt let down because two teams were breathing down cur necks. In her words to the crowd after accepting the trophy Vera said two things spurred them on. We wanted to win the first Macdonalds Lassie and we w'anted a fifth championship for Joyce. That put her ahead of Ernie Richardson who has won four mens championships.

The gals all agreed that it would be nice to sit back and relax next week but they plan to enter a bonspiel in Medicine Hat in two weeks. David M. Stewart, president of Macdonalds, presented the trophy to the gals and said hew nice it was for the hometown rink to be winners and added it was also nice to be associated with the womens curling. Any man who joins an association with 75,000 women must have come up with not too bad an idea, he said. The total attendance for the week of 15,714 broke the old record set in Calgary in 1970 when there were two playoff games.

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533.80 at 9CC.OU Track and Training Suits Jg gg 526 30 EVERYTHING FOR THE HOCKEY PLAYER AT BIRNEYS Alberta, Manitoba crews prove close neighbors Bartlett, however, missed a takeout with her last rock allowing Alberta to score without benefit of Beatons last rock. Quebec roared ahead of B.C by scores of 4-0 and 7-1 (after four ends) but by the ninth end it was 8-8. However, Tobin got three on the final end also without needing her last rock. A three-ender on the fifth end pulled Nova Scotia into the lead against New Brunswick and they scored singles on three more ends while giving up but one. MAINMAN The 1972 Canadian womens Lassie curling championship returned to Saskatchewan for the fourth straight year Thursday at the Arena but several rinks never let the championship get too far out of sight.

Saskatchewans Vera Pezer won her last two games to finish with an 8-1 record but Polly Beaton's Alberta foursome from Medicine Hat and Manitobas Audrey Williamson of Brandon kept waiting for a slip as they matched Pezers final-day record. The bordering provinces each finished with 7-2 marks while Quebec's Lee Tobin rink from Montreal was next at six wins and three losses. Quebec handed Saskatchewan its only loss in the opening round Monday. While Saskatchewan then rolled through the remaining eight rounds the other rinks took turns bumping each other off. Manitoba knocked Quebec from the unbeaten ranks it) the third round Tuesday and Alberta then made it a wide-open race by defeating pre-viously-unbeaten Manitoba Wednesday morning.

On the same day the Albertans also won over Quebec and forced the Easterners from the top along with Manitoba which was suffering a loss at the hands of Pezer on the same draw. setback was an 8-5 battle with Saskatchewan in which they led after five ends. On the last draw, Quebec beat B.C. 11-8, Saskatchewan won over Ontario 9-3, Alberta edged Newfoundland 7-5, Manitoba squeaked by P.E.I. 7-6 and Nova Scotia beat their good neighbour New Brunswick 9-4.

The Scotia victory left them in seventh place with a 3-6 mark while B.C. and Ontario both finished at 2-7. New Brunswick was last with a 1-8 record. For Sillman and Bettes-worth it was their misfortune to have the poorest records ever by their province in the 12 years of the event. Sillman had a 5-4 record last year at St.

Johns. Manitoba needed to count two on the 10th end to take the decision from P.E.I. The game was tied twice, after five and seven ends, and Manitoba took the lead with one on the eighth. However, P.E.I. scored two on the ninth to take the lead but Williamson did not need her last rock in counting two and taking the decision.

Alberta had the same kind of trouble with Newfoundland although taking a 3-1 lead after four ends. Newfoundland tied the game after five ends and it was tied again after the seventh and ninth ends. Between those wins by Alberta was the game which proved to be the key upset of the week. Ontario, skipped by Helen Sillman of Thunder Bay, was winless when they faced the Hatters but went on to trip the Albertans. Quebec fell from a chance to join Alberta and Manitoba in the runner-up spot when they suffered a staggering loss to Newfoundland on Thursdays first draw.

The top-placed rinks all won their final games and thus no positions changed. Prince Edward Island, skipped by Marie Toole of Charlottetown, and Newfoundland, skipped by Sue Ann Bartlett of Labrador City, finished next in the competition with 5-4 and 4-5 records respectively. Both rinks were back intact from, last years competition at St. Johns and matched their records there. In Bartlett's case the 4-5 mark matched the best-ever record by a Newfoundland entry.

And with a little luck the gals from Labrador might have established a new Newfie record. Three of their losses were by a margin on one, including an extra-end decision. Another loss was by a difference of two in a game not decided until skip rocks of the 10th end. The other Lassie standing Tuo more to go SASKATOON packed away one national curling jewel Thursday night, and packed off in quest of another one today. Its a hectic March any way you look at it, but nobody seems to mind if the end result justifies the effort.

And as far as Vera Pezer, Sheila Rowan, Joyce McKee and Lee Morrison are concerned, it was worth every minute of it. Nobody is really surprised that Pezer and Co. own the Canadian womens Lassie crown today, the first of its kind presented. After all, Saskatoon was gunning for its fqurth consecutive national title, and thats got to get some sort of a message across to almost everybody. But you're never really sure what's going to happen until the final shot is taken.

Pezer couldnt afford to lose the final game if she hoped to wrap up the title in regulation time, yet lowly Ontario insisted on being rather stubborn. Eventually, however, the consistent Saskatchewan play took its toil and Ontario skipper Helen Sillman called it quits after nine ends. This particular title run heaped more pressure than usual upon the shoulders of the Pezer rink. The gals were intent on making the first-ever Saskatoon Lassie a memorable one, and the surest way was to come up a winner. Furthermore, was the Saskatoon success story that had to be stretched into a fourth straight year.

Pezer and her mates, at this time, are not thinking as far ahead as next winter, but theyll probably be back for another title bid. Regardless, whoever comes out of Saskatoon in 73 has a mighty tough act to And its going to get more demanding each year, as long as Saskatoon keeps coming up a winner. Womens curling, East vs West, appears to be closing the gap much faster than the men. At one time, in the early Sixties, a Saskatchewan representative had to worry about a couple of tough opponents. Now, its maybe two pushovers and seven toughies.

But next winter, there might not be such an animal as a pushover in Lassie championships. It would be great to be heading into Charlottetown, P.E.I., next year in quest of a Lassie, because that's what winter is all about in this neck of the woods. But how would you like to be saddled with the responsibility of protecting No. 5-in-a-row for Saskatchewan. Its enough to scare a person out of competing, THE PUBLIC this week responded to the Lassie in record numbers.

The crowd count was better than 15,000 for nine draws, and that topped the previous high of established over 11 draws two years ago in Calgary. The extra draws were the result of a playoff, one that saw Saskatoons Dorenda Schoenhals take the spoils. Curling playdowns at the national level are always colorful affairs, thanks to the traditional bag pipes and kilts at opening and closing ceremonies. But in between the gals do a pretty good job of splashing each draw with an assortment of color and, if you like, glamour. At times, its almost like a fashion show.

The sweater designs, in many cases, were unique, and a lot of the male curlers serving as umpires were eying the outfits with a certain degree of envy. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland had the snappiest combinations in terms of color, and you got the feeling that Sue Ann Bartlett and her Labrador City crew had a complete change for every day. Quebec, which handed Saskatchewan its only loss on opening day, was one of the more popular rinks with the gallery, and a touch of youth probably had something to do with it. If the gals, generally speaking, lag behind male curlers in any one area it would be in sweeping technique. Saskatchewan was one of the better rinks in this regard, end it helped stamp them a champion.

Workmen were busy pulling out the curling ice during the wee hours of this morning in preparation for a junior Blade hockey game tonight. It will seem strange to see the Arena stripped of all the color and fanfare that made the past week a festive occasion. Maybe, sometime tonight. Blade coach Jackie McLeod could urge on his young hirelings with the distinctive hurry-hard hurry-hard sweeping plea of Sue Ann Bartlett. It would be the last, remaining echo of Canadian Lassie, Chapter One.

OFFICIALLY, the women wrap up proceedings with a banquet tonight, about the same time that Doug Wyatt and his Hub City foursome will be airborne over Quebec, en route to St. Johns, and next weeks national Brier. For Wyatt, Glen Farrell, Murray Trapp and Dr. Dale Zoerb, the most important period of time in their curling lives began this morning. The Wyatts were busy tossing a few farewell rocks at the home club Thursday night about the same time the Pezers were throwing title-labelled shots at the Arena.

This morning the four curlers and their wives boarded an Air Canada flight for the long trip east. Wyatts Brier appearance is Stage Three of Saskatoon's championship curling run. Gene Squires launched the program last week in the seniors. Pezer added her touch this past week, Wyatt takes over next week, and hes followed by Jim Wilson and his Aden Bowman schoolboys March 13-17 in Timmins, Ont. Three out of four wouldnt be a bad months work, would it? $2.98 $7.35 $11.00 $17.00 $2.50 $6.35 $11.00 $9.79 $15.65 $18.75 $27.35 $40.00 Hockey Helmets SB89 Jr.

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The Penguins, who took a 3-0 lead in the first period but saw it wiped out when the Red Wings scored four unanswered goals by the end of the second period, won the game with a couple of breaks. The first break came when Nick Harbaroks long, soft-shot, which appeared headed wide of the Detroit net, was deflected off the skate of Detroits Mickey Redmond. As Smith reached across the goal area to stop the puck, he deflected it over the goal line. Then, as a slap shot by Duane Rupp whizzed past the goal and bounced back from the boards, Smith tried to stop the puck but it slipped under his stick. Syl Apps Jr.

grabbed the puck and set up Jean Pronovost for another goal. Redmond, who was among the Detroit scorers, got his 37th of the season. Because of the Detroit loss, the Red Wings remained deadlocked with Toronto Maple Leafs for fourth place and the last playoff spot in the East Division. They both have 13 games remaining. The Rangers, without Ratelle, edged the Sabres on goals by Vic Hadfield, his 42nd, Walt Tkaczuk, Dale Roife and Bill Fairbairn.

The Sabres, also without their top scorer Richard Martin, out with a shoulder injury, got goals from Gerry Meehan, Jim Lorentz and Eddie Shack. Bobby Clarke, on a hot scoring streak, scored his I2th goal in 12 games and his 21st In the By The Canadian Preai For most of the season Phil Esposito and Jean Ratelle have been in a neck-and-neck race for the scoring leadership of the National Hockey League, and it appeared the close competition would continue to the end of the schedule. Then Wednesday night, Ratelle, the New York Rangers centre, was eliminated from the race when he suffered a broken ankle that will sideline him for the rest of the season. And relieved of the challenge for scoring honors, Esposito, Boston Bruin centre and scoring champion last year, scored three goals Thursday night in leading the Bruins to a 7-3 shellacking of Vancouver Canucks. The three goals gave Esposito 58 for the season, and with 14 games remaining for Boston in the schedule, he is 19 away from breaking the NHL high of 76 goals in a season he set last year.

In other games night, A1 Smith of Detroit Red Wings set an NHL assist record for goalies in a losing cause as Pittsburgh Penguins stopped the Red Wings 7-4, New York Rangers defeated Buffalo Sabres 4-3, and Philadelphia Flyers shut out Minnesota North Stars. 3-0. Besides his three goals, Esposito also picked up two assists, and the five points give him a total of 115, six ahead of Ratelle, who still is in second place. The Bruins spotted the Canucks a 1-0 lead in the first period on Dale Tallons 15th goal of the season, but the Bruins replied with four goals in the second period, two by Esposito and one each by Stanfield and Johnny McKenzie. Three of the goals came on power plays as Boston outshot Vancouver 20-5 in the period.

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Sobchuks three goals and two assists gives him 106 points for the season. In other WCHL garnet Brandon Wheat Kings beat Winnipeg Jets 6-2, Swift Current Broncos upset Edmonton Oil Kings 5-3 and Calgary Centennials and New Westminster Bruins played a 2-2 overtime tie. Regina consolidated its hold on first place in the Eastern Division with the win in Medicine Hat. The Tigers remained In fourth place In the Wester Division. Other scorers for Regina were A1 Barrett, with two, Clark Gillies, Glen Toner, Mike Wanchuk and Ken Marit.

Stan Weir, Derek Kuntz and Boyd Anderson counted for the Tigers. At Brandon, the Wheat Kings scored six consecutive goals against Winnipeg but the win may prove costly. Robbie Neale, Kings top point-getter, suffered a twisted left knee and Ron Chipper-field, leading goal scorer in the WCHL with 56, suffered a bruised left shoulder in the first period and was taken to hospital for x-rays. After Jerry Butler tallied twice for Winnipeg, Brandon came back with two goals by Wayne Coxworth and singles by Glen Mikkelson Bob Mc-Kinstry, Brian Coates and Bob Murdoch. At New Westminster, goalie John Davidson of the Centennials was sensational as Calgary got the deadlock with the Bruins, Davidson made 48 saves, Lome Henning and Don Martineau scored for the Bruins with Jim Watson and Bob Nystrom replying for the Centennials.

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