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Bears 9 Gardoni tops senior race Jim Coleman: 16 The North Bay Nugget Wed Feb 7 1973 NHL ticket Marco Cardoni of Scoliard Hall Bean holds a commanding lead in the Nipissing Dis-4 trict Association Senior Hock- sold for 50 cents League scoring race with schedule nearing comple Widdifield in the nightcap West Ferris travels to Sturgeon Falis to play the Franco-Cite Patriots Game time is 730 One doubleheader Friday night and a single game Saturday afternoon completes the regular schedule The semifinals begin Feb 23 The scoring leaders as com-lied fay league statistician lodger Ettles follow: APIs Cardoni Sod A Muir WSS McMillan WF Curry Scot Leckie CSS Leclair Scot Demcheson WF Senecal FC Doucette Alg Morel Nor Beaucage Nor White WSS Evans WF Bovay Scot Mitchell WF Wharram Scoi Deiachevrotiere WSS 7 13 19 te tion In games up to and including Feb 2 Cardoni has 27 goals and 'll assists for 42 points Andy Muir of Wlddineid Wildcats and Dave McMillan of West Ferris Trojans an tied for second with 21 points each Bill Curry of the Bean has 28 points for fourth place one more than Mike Leckie of Chippewa Raiders The goaltending trio of Jim Bruce Mike Griffin and Paul Smith have allowed the opposition two goals per game Mike Laderoute and Brian Van Mierlo of the Trojans have a combined average of three goals per game Three games are scheduled for tonight At Memorial Gardens Northern Braves play Algonquin at 7 and Scoliard Hall tangles with Sam Trethewey manager of the Bank of Mon- I mnspiel at the CFB From left: Trethewey Nonna treal presents the Bank of Montreal Trophy to Norma skip Lorraine Wawrvk vice Bella Walsh Palmer and her rink from the Canadian Forces Rase second and Carole Paiadine lead Curling Club The Palmer rink won the anual Niiftp-l KUiff MMO Lakers take squeaker over New York Knicks ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH FINANCIAL INFLATION: As 1 walked out of Maple Leaf Gardena In Toronto last Saturday night after quite willingly and happily paying $1540 for two box seats from which to watch the harmless Vancouver Canucks playing the harmless Toronto Maple Leafs I recalled that in the distant past it cost me only 50 CENTS to watch Howie Morenz who was voted Canada's greatest hockey player of the first half-century right: when I was going to McGill University you could get into any seat in the north end of the Montreal Forum for 50 cento-even for Stanley Cup playoff games For 50 cents I watched games in which Morenz Aurel Joliat and the entire brilliant cast of Les Canadians played the Boston Bruins (Eddie Shore Dit Clapper Tiny Thompson) of the New York Rangers (Frank Boucher the Cook brothers Cblng Johnson Taffy Abel) or the Toronto Maple Lears (Clancy Primeau Conacher and Jackson) It was the era of greatest players but tickets were dirt-cheap You might say that hockey salaries were dirt-cheap too But in those same years you could go to Yankee Stadium in New Yoric City and for $1 you could buy a bleacher seat to watch Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig and the greatest baseball players And you couldn't say that the baseball stars were underpaid After all Babe Ruth received $80-000 per when there were NO PERSONAL INCOME TAXES! Of course as Johnny Wayne says: 'In those same days you could get into a movie house for only 10 cents to watch Charlie Chaplin the world's most famous Come to think of it when the National Football League began to play games on Sunday afternoons to avoid conflict with heavily-patronized US college football you could get Into almost any major stadium for $1 to see stars such as Red Grange Bronko Nagurski Don Hutson Ernie Nevers Sid Luckman Sammy Baugh and all those other almost-legendary names of football fame As Phil Ra-nallo of the Buffalo Courier-Express says: "The only thirg that been hit by inflation is the price of a $2 wager at the race You still can bet on La Prevoyante Riva Ridge or any other great horse for a modest outlay of the price of a wager is the same as it was 30 or 40 years ago! Palmer foursome captures 1st event in CFB bonspiel By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The game belonged to Jim McMiiJian but all he and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers could talk about was the man who wasn't there "Playing New York is always The second half was the turning point for the Pistons too aa they wiped out Buffalo's 10-point halftime lead Dave Bing Bob Lanier and Curtis Rowe who teamed for 69 points got 45 a tough match especially when of them in the decisive periods Club wus third with her rink cf I anise liiohmun vice: Gwyn Dayman second and Ann Hartford lead Brenda Martin skipping for Jean Parker vice: Diann i Devins second and Carolynn Howe lead of the business 1 girls section if the Granite Club was fourth The third event section I went to Stella Kvdzik and her CFB rink comprised of Jean Luneng vice: June Wills second and Candy Springer lead The section of the third event was woq by Jan rink or the CFB Members included Mary Levis vice Norma Logie second and Bonnie Koynan lead Viv Walt there McMillian said after scoring 27 points six of them in a clutch fourth-quarter drive that carried the Lakers to their 11th The Hawks clipping Baltimore's Central Division lead to four games built a 110-94 lead with to play then scored just two more points the rest of Sally Arnott second and lynda Ruscont lead was fourth The second event and the I Garland Beverages Trophy went to Julia Houre and her rink of Ada Payne vice Belle Trethewey second and Marcia Chase lead of the Granite Club Jean McMullen of the F'our Seasons Curling i Club was second She skipped (or Denise Lalonde vice i Jeannine Lebel second and Noella Laporte lead Liz Mcpherson of the went to Marie VanDusnn of i Gallardi of the Granite Club und her rink of Helen Reimer vice: Lois Douglas second and Marie Reynolds lead was second the Four Seasons Her rink included Enid Bastion vice Marie Muzzi second and Merl Alard lead Second place successive victory a 85-90 1 the way Lou 36 points squeaker over the Knicks tupped Atlanta Frazier who injured his right jheel last Sunday night in Cleveland sat on the bench and watched his team-males lose only their second National Basketball Association game in 29 at Madison Square Garden this season In other action Cleveland IKtarv fAPl Re-adts In Fai)fttib tioccer pones Tuesday nix'll: IniIWIi K-V (up taartb K-wed Keplar CrvsU'l Palnae 1 giieffteM Wliuich-Iiiv nivi-ln II Napier scores eight as Wexford bombs goals Kingston Cavaliers heal Boston Celtics ii' U-Tl-lli Dii-hiM III llitnuuUi 0 Tiamiiorn 0 Unvhdale 1 IrivUiM IV 1 Wirrtclncton 0 Hradtord 0 TAKE EARLY LEAD DALLAS (AP) Rod Laver 1 110-105 Houston Rockets turned: bark Philadelphia 123-117 Milwaukee Bucks defeated Phoenix Suns 126-111 Chicago i Pn us Manga Tony i Bulls clipped Kansa City-' Norma Paimer und her mil from the Canadian Forces Base Curling Club wun the CFB ladies bonspiel and the Bank of Montreal Trophy Other members of the rink were Lorruine Wawryk vice: Bella Walsh second and Carol Paradine lead Second place went to another CFB rink skipped by Lois Zwicker She skipped for Caron Larson vice Mickey Copper second and Mary Montieih lead Dee Tee Iuxum and her rink of Diane Cherry vice Peggy Crazier second and Koz Paterson Irad of the business girls section of the Granite Club was third Afarg Johns of the CFB and her rink of Del McNirl vice Curling luur Industrial league Curling Saturday leh IB 1973 IVQ8 Biii Ice 2 atiinil Bl'llllullt Ice So 3 I nui ludgi's is Ont Hydro Ice No 4 Jolms Munville No 2 vs KNY Ice No 3 is Moilei'ii Auto Glass and Tnn Ice No 6 Cunox vs Met uy's Hotel Ice No 7 (iiiK-ttii vs Calona Winn's 1200 noon Ice No 2 Murray Hnihwril vs Nugget Ice No 3 Johns No 1 vs Wajax Ice No 4 SI Ioiiis vs I our Sen sons Centre Ice No 5 Prior Pumlnng vs Wilson's Electric Ice No 6 Fraser House vs Fayarhanks Omaha Pistons Detroit Braves 114-107 Buffalo Kings edged Melliisamc Abe Luinley and I lugii CutiT-r scored for Kich-iimnJ Hill Cilt-ii Baifuiir scored 107-105 Atlanta Hawks topped and Marty Rjessen are the ld-Baltimore Bullets 112-106 and ers jn eary standings of the Seattie Suiwt'cs nipped WorM championship Tennis Portland Trail Blazers 118-11 tour Laver won the WCT Hu-sard and Mill ln t-u li mice for Nonii York and Gary sein'd two goals fur Wexfoid oucs once with Dun Tobins Mm Irslie and Paul Di-marco potting the i'n'y schpdolid gann- tonight oilier Wult laiubek Gary North May visit- Dixie in the tournament in Richmond Va on The Celtics who remained a Any suggestion that professional hockey is a dying sport in this country is a gross distortion of the obvious facts Last Saturday night about 40 per cent of the seats in Maple Leaf Gardens (at $770 per seat) were occupied by persons who were less than 20 years of age many of them were only 10 or 12 years nf age Well many of those kids never saw a hockey game when the NHL consisted of only six teams and accordingly they don't recognize the fact that the quality of the product has been diluted Those kids are quite satisfied with today's hockey and Lhcy'H still be clamoring to buy tickets at $770 when the rest of us are doing crossword puzzles in the County Alms House You can tell that Bobby Schmautz comes from the hard-wheal country His hair looks as if it had been barbered by the owner of the local feed-and-grain store Haircuts of that type used to be sported by freight-train brakemen on the Cutknife Subdivision A friendly kindly hi -en me a clipping from a klugen-furt (Austria) newspaper in which Franz Baader the West German hockey referee was interviewed by Rudolf Cfjan Cijun caught up with Baader in a nightclub a circumstance which suggesrs that the referee might have been slightly indiscreet after partaking of a few dollops of schnapps In any event Baader xiill is because the Canadians refused to acept him as a referee for that final game of the Cenuda-Soviec series in Moscow Baader told Cijan (the Canadian professionals) are the least-disciplined bunch I've ever seen including their coaches Sinden and Ferguson who regularly kept inciting their players" their players" Mil AN l)l PKI NS Kingston I runieitiics won li-t L-i-l Mark Napier after the young fm ward scored eight gnu's oiiil picked up three assist in Proimcial Junior li is k-1 leug ie game Tuesday Id 'lit His ciii-iaoding prrlinniuiiic online Paul Stanley and Moli oioid Raiders to a 19-4 Morton replied for Kingston in our the Frontenacs in one The Raiders who scored 12 of two gutnes In the other goals in the third iwriod out-R'ciinnnit Hill Rains defeuted shot the 1 mntcnacs 'iX-24 Noriii Ymk Rangers 3-3 to re-" i a second-place tie with (IBS SIGN PIIMIOM Ut-vturd in the 12-team league CHICAGO (p) First bit-e- I he Rams have one game re- man-oulficldcr Toe Pepitone 1 1971 contrail Tues- rag in the 44-game sched ule and the Raiders two signed his Major hockey league action game ahead of runner-up New the wrekund and now has 24 Atlantic Division H)jnts tl cad tje Group A also played without llieir key s(antlings RiesMn ia a namMr man injured John Havlicck 1(ader over Brian Fairiie In UUiT Group with 14 points to Fair- painfully turned left ankle to I score 31 points pull down nine rebounds and hand out 1 1 assists for the Cavaliers Philadelphia suffered through its 17th straight loss which tied (he NBA mark for futility Rudy Tomjunovich did most of the 'damage for the Rockets scoring a career-high 35 points Kareem Ahdul-Jahbar scored lower's-1 izid ii and Kennedy Agencies placed to a iwt tie in the North Bay and District Major Hockey I eague squirt division at the West Ferris Community Centre im akh-rbank handled the I goaltendmg duties for Ken- esnm 43 Aurora 42 Ajax and last season while pin- mg ill 67 nd nnd Klvjn nnuchry W(S Senecu 40 Downsview 12 North games Vaughan leads wiih 64 points dav with Chicago Cubs more (ban Wexford and tone 32 bulled 2h2 with eight Richmond Hill Dixie hns 4(i home runs and 21 runs baited in in goal for Tower-s-Fomi City NOW OPEN BELANGER SHOE REPAIR Skate Sharpening 243 King filDK DOOR at TIM M'S TOOLROOM 35 points and collected 19 i rebounds for Milwaukee McKenny's Motors dipped Bob Love who hnd scored 49 North Hay I hi tv 7-1 in a pee- points ugainst Milwaukee on wee mime Mob Kin- hud two Sunday matched that against goals Mike Jay Kansas Clty-Omaha 38 of them Horne find Itriicr Edmund in the second half when Peter Vi-rnldi seornl for the the Bulls fought off a rally by Dairy the Kings STURGEOtf FAtEs ATTENTION Judging from his remarks in Klagenfurt it is fortunate for the Canadians that they refused to accept Baader as an official for that final game Baader told his interviewer: "One thing I can say with certainty if Josef Kompalla and I had refereed the last game the Canadians would NOT have skated off the ice as winners Because three of their goals were preceded by rule infractions which were tolerated by Czech referee (Rudi) and they were wittingly tolerated by him" Obviously Baader' nose still is far out of joint When he was reminded that Josef Kompalla was rumored to have been oifered $20000 to referee in North America Baader sniffed: "Not even for $50000 would I go to Canada One lives in that cuntry dangerously as a referee" Personally I'd like to know the name of the joker who offered Kompalla a job in North America: Kompalla is the chap who almost was decapitated by Jcan-Puul Purisc in the first period nf that crazy eighth game in Moscow Canadian horse racing has lost two more of its colorful "veterans" in 'the past couple of weeks Tom Rowe former official starter on the tracks of Ontario and Quebec passed away in Toronto on Jan 24 Nipper was an assistant starter for the lamous Marshall Cassidy when Cassidy came to Canada in the days before the invention of' the automatic starting gates Then Rowe became the official starter on Ontario tracks when Cassidy moved to The Hi? Apple in New York And Willie Morrissey wilful and controversial in death even as he had been in life passed away two days ago without the fact even being mentioned in the Toronto newspapers Willie had given instructions that no obituary notices were to be inserted in the Toronto press The taciturn Irishman who twice won The Queen's Plate (with Bunty Lawless in 1938 and with Willie The Kid in 1940) want anyone invading his privacy even after he was dead Sportsmen Camp Owners Lodges We have a few rare recreation vehicles in our stock a this time that will be sold on a first come basis 1 70 INTERNATIONAL SCOUT PICK-UP 18000 mils V-8 engine 4-wheel drive 1750 Lie No B92884 FULL PRICE 1 70 INTERNATIONAL SCOUT WAGON V-8 engine 4-wheel drive 15000 miles 4' QPA Lie No B9288S FULL PRICE JLfOOU 1 71 VOLKS ESTATE BUS 12 PASSENGER Only 21000 mill Ik No S4311X Only 21000 miles looks and runs as new Zeibart FULL PRICE i 9 Munro cops toomeirs curling title 1 '69 FORD PICK-UP Long box big 6-cyl engine Completely reconditioned Cannot be told from new S4 Ikence No B96834 FULL PRICE JLfOlW Summit Foul Sales Limited 12 Carrier Dr Rcxdale Phone 1-416-741-6221 THUNDER BAY Ont (CP) Isabel Munro of Amprior stole four points in the eighth end and went on to defeat Elsie Gaziuk of Toronto in a playoff tor the Ontario women's curling championship Tuesday Trailing 6-5 Munro executed a good douide takeout end stick with her first rock in the eighth end and after Gaziuk drew in for shot rock the Amprior skip came back with a hit and stay that left her counting four The Toronto skip attempting to draw was heavy and went through the house with her last rock Gaziuk counted a single in the ninth end but ran out of rocks hi (he lOth The playoff was necessary when both rinks completed the six-team single round-robin tournament with four wins and one loss I The Munro rink with third Thelma Lindsay second Geraldine Mackem and lead Vy-vienne Johnston now goes to the Canadian championship in Charlottetown starting Feb 25 OWNERS APPROVE SALE SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association have been sold to a New Jersey corporation commissioner Robert Carlson announced Tuesday Carlson said the sale was unanimously approved Tuesday by league owners meeting here before the ABA All-Ster game Carlson said the franchise was purchased by New Jersey Meadowland Professional Sports Inc for an undisclosed mount (Til LI MI WINNERS Hey li- left: Ijifieuiere skill Miiry Louise freiiirre and liis rink won top spot Mtinnlng vice Ray Meadows smmd in the Almielt? tilth curling1 draw nt mul Theresii Funnel lend the Four Sensous Curling Club From 'I '7.