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-- 10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tessdey, Mey 9, SOCCER CAPTAINS SAY IT WITH FLOWERS Leo Choleniuk (left), cap- . tain of Strila soccer club, ex- changes bouquets of flowers with the Italia captain Ray Renato prior to the official opening of the Oshawa soccer league at Alexandra Park Sat- urday. In spite of bad weath- er the first game of the lea- gue provided a good showing of soccer which indicates a promising season in this sport. The match between Strila and Italia ended in a 2-1 victory for the Ukrainians. --Oshawa Times Photo. MONTREAL (CP) -- Bernie right wing, today was named winner of the Hart Trophy, tional Hockey League player team. The achievement crowned Geoffrion's greatest season in big-time and, carrying with it an automatic award of $1,000, boosted his prize money for in- dividual performance in the 1960-61 campaign to $3,000. He also won his second scor- ing title and was named th NHL's all - star right wing for playing in the shadow of illus- trious teammate Maurice Ri- of the Hart Trophy. The panel of 18 hockey writ- ers and broadcasters in the six NHL cities gave Geoffrion 84 of a possible 180 points. Goalie Johnny Bower of Toronto Maple Leafs received 71 and Howe, last year's winner, 66. LED THEM BA Geoffrion shifted into high gear on his return to the lineup after a mid - season injury and led the lacklustre Canadiens back into first place by a nar- row margin over a strong and determined Toronto club. He scored 50 goals to equal the record set by Richard in By Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITOR 'Everything From Soup To Nuts' 'CRAB' HOLDS LOBSTER 16 SEC. MELVILLE, Sask. (CP)-- An (ugh!) lobster on ice? A report received Monday by Gordon Juckes, secretary manager of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Associ- ation, points to a hockey of- HARD TO ADJUST? It's almost difficult to realize that the hockey season is actually over. With the wind- ing up of the Memorial Cup finals on Friday night, plus the statement by the St. Michael's College hockey organ= {zation that they were all finished with OHA Junior "A" hockey--it's actually hard to believe the season is over--even though the baseball boys have been going for a month and even locally, things are "warming up". About St, Mike's quitting Junior "A"-they've threat- ened it for a long while--were real serious about it a ficial who doesn't care for the dish. The report, submitted by a referee after a game be- tween Galt Terriers and Amherst, N.S., in the east- ern Allan Cup final, said: "Galt player Fred Pletsch was given a misconduct for deliberately placing a' lobs- ter in the hands of the offi- cial with 16 seconds remain ing in the game." few years back and the argument ended up in a saw-off with St. Mike's having a shorter schedule, by means of playing some 4-point games rather than the full list of games. That could happen again--or maybe even better --perhaps some other teams will see common sense in the argument put up by St. Mike's, because it definitely has a financial angle as well as an educational one, and if that happens, the powers-that-be may have to fall in line and curtail their mad-house schedule and extended playoff system, SPORTS BULLETIN BOARD:- Herb Mackie (RAS 8954) would like to hear from any person or group in- terested in entering a team in the Intercounty Softball League, which is scheduled to commence league action on May 30. PRESIDENT JOE VICTOR, of the Oshawa Minor Softball Association, has called a meeting for next Monday evening, 7:30 o'clock, at Simcoe Hall. All Neighborhood Park teams (boys' softball, bantam and midget) should have representation at this meeting, when the 1961 season's plans will be formed. OSHAWA SKI CLUB members are reminded that this Saturday, May 13, is "spring cleaning day" at their elub quarters, starting at 9:00 a.m. and the workers are to bring their lunch and work right through--with re- moval of snow fence, ski tow, painting of club buildings and general "clean up" all on the day's work agenda, under Dick Valleau's supervision, as grounds director. If the weather is bad on Saturday-tMey "go" on Sunday, May 14. CITY AND DISTRICT Softball Association teams (all local teams from Juvenile status, up to Senior "A") are urged to have a representative on hand at a meeting "this Thursday evening, 8:00 o'clock, at the UAW Hall, Bond Street. President "Wib" Hall and Secretary Alex Donaldson advise that a lot of important business is to be discussed, with the Oshawa-Peterborough inter-city league, something new for this coming summer, to be a main topic of conversation. LAWN BOWLERS (Men's Section) are reminded that this Thursday evening, at 7:30 p.m., president Jack, Hunter will hold the club's "spring meeting", when from the committee chairman will be heard : ps new members will be welcomed, OSHAWA GOLF CLUB will hold the 1961 season's "official opening" this Saturday, with the traditional , program of a mixed two-ball foursomes tournament * 'starting at one o'clock, followed by "afternoon tea" and + 'clubhouse dance in the evening. x Marlins Spike Listing Leafs marked up his third consecutive - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Toronto's Maple Leafs could wind up the No. 1 disappoint- ment in the Interna tional . League this season if they con- inde their present baseball now have lost eight last nine games. They od the ir fifth straight lick- y night being bombed San a 's Marlins. loss left the Leafs stag- gosing in seventh place. Rich- mond's Virginians, meanwhile, inched nearer the league-lead-| 1] Jersey 'City s tilt at Columbus was rained out. Rochester and Buffalo were not scheduled. Toronto managed to get one consolation out of its defeat by San Juan. The Leafs ended a string of 19 scoreless innings by picking up a run in the ninth on a had single by Lou Jack- son. HAS THIRD The Marts} Bob Sadowski triumph, allowing only three hits and no runs before he de- parted in the sixth in favor of Dean Stone, who took over with the bases loaded. Despite Bethel's fine perform- ance, Richmond needed an un- earned run to best the Chiefs. Bethel faced only. 18 batters un- til Willie Miranda got the first hit off the Virginian right-han- der with one out in the sixth. Be walked three and struck out ve. Richmond, now trailing Co- lumbus by only half a game, scored the game's only tally in ging the second. Don Lock reached base on an error and scored after singles by George Risley and Ritchie Windle. INDIA OUSTS JAPAN NEW DELHI (AP)--India won the eastern zone finals in Davis Cup competition, Monday, elimi- nating Japan rs for the right to meet the American zone champions. 'Pike's Peak' Is Reached In Fish Story WINNIPEG (CP)--The Mani- toba government says a provin- cial lake may harbor a giant northern pike weighing more than 100 pounds. The big fish has been sighted by anglers in Silver Beach Lake 12 miles east of Russell near the Saskatchewan border. The fish would be more than twice the weight of the world record northern caught in Sac- andaga reservoir in New York in 1940 which weighed 46 1944-45 and boost his career to- tal to 304, becoming the fifth (Boom Boom) Geoffrion, Mont- real Canadiens hard - shooting awarded annually to the Na- considered most valuable to his the first time after 11 years of- | chard and of Detroit Red Wings' | Grodie Howe, five times winner ; 'Boomer' Wins Hart Trophy BERNIE GEOFFRION player in league history to pass 300 in regular - schedule play. Added to this were 45 assists, giving him a five - point edge over teammate Jean Beliveau in the scoring race. Geoffrion has family com- uable players. His father-in-law, the late Howie Morenz, won the his brilliant career with Cana- diens in the 1920s and 1930s. In his rookie season, 1951-52 Geoffrion scored 30 goals and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best newcomer. pany in the ranks of most val-| | Hart Trophy three times during / INDIVIDUAL WINNERS, who received trophies and awards at the annual closing banquet of the CRA Neighbor- hood Assoc. Dart League, held By ED WILKS Associated Press Sports Writer If anyone had any doubts about just why Dick Farrell was the relief man all the big clubs wanted, give a look to what he's done for Los Angeles in that Na- tional League race since the Dodgers got him from Philadel phia last Thursday: The Dodgers have won three of four in a move from fourth to third in that time, and the fire - balling righthander has saved one of those victories and collected another with a string of seven scoreless innings. Farrell picked up his third victory of the season, first for the Dodgers, with four innings of four-hit, shutout relief against his old mates for a 4-3, 10-inning decision at Philadelphia Monday night. In the only American League game scheduled, the Los An- geles Angels won their third in a row with a 6-5 decision over Boston despite a home run by Jackie Jensen, who once more returned to the Red Sox. The Dodgers were shut out on four hits by Dallas Green for six innings, then tied it 3-all with two out in the seventh on a scor- ing single by Maury Wills and a two - run homer by Willie Davis. They finally put it away when losing reliever Chris Short (0-1) walked Wally Moon with two out in the 10th and Gil Hodges rapped a pinch double. Farrell took over after starter Stan Williams was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventh. He walked two, struck out four and nailed the victory by throwing out Tony Taylor with two men on base in the 10th after two- The only other game sched- uled in the NL, San Francisco) at Pittsburgh, was rained out. out singles by pinch-hitters Clay Dalrymple and Tony Curry. pounds, two ounces. The weight of the Silver Beach fish was calculated on the basis of a length of 714 feet, an estimate provided by angl- 9g who claim they have seen t. TO WIN A GAME -HAVE R HERD? CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) ~ Coe College stole eight bases in a 14-3 base- ball victory over Knox last Saturday. But it wasn't until the game was half over that coach Bill Fitch discovered why his players were taking 80 many liberties. Assistant coach John Jer mier was relaying Fitch's signals. The steal sign in- cluded Jermier holding his head. But Jermier also had a headachg. Every time his head started to throb, Jermier messaged it, and another Coe runner started to steal. RUSSIA TAKES CROWN BELGRADE (AP) -- Russia won the European basketball championship Monday night, beating Yugoslavia 60-53. Russia and the Yugoslavian team both were unbeaten entering the fi- nal game. NEW YORK (AP)---Detroit's surprising rush to the front in the American League pennant race cannot be attributed to any one player. But the batting con- tribution of Norm Cash has been like money in the bank. Cash has been the big RBI man in the Tigers' lineup that includes such hefty hitters as Rocky Colavito and Al Kaline. The 26-year-old first baseman has driven in at least one run in each of Detroit's last five games and the Tigers won them all to take a 2%-game lead. In all, Cash sent nine runners across the plate last week. This boosted his season total to 23, one fewer than league leader Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees. Cash also had 10 hits in 28 tries, lifting his average nine points to .342 and took over fifth place in the batting competition. Among his 25 hits, cash has three doubles, one triple and four homers. Johnny Temple of Cleveland held the batting lead despite a 21-point drop to .408. Have Cash- Will Travel Twenty-two games in the next 20 days will give the high-flying Tigers an opportunity to prove they belong in first place and manager Bob Scheffing says he is not worried about his young club. Of the 22 games, 18 will be played on the road. The Tigers, leading the league by 2% games, will visit six cities on their longest road trip of "the season. "The boys are playing the same brand of baseball on the road as they are at home," said Scheffing Monday as the Tigers enjoyed a day off after winning six of seven on a week's road trip. "They're playing con- sistently sound baseball in every respect." The manager still is avoiding any predictions about his club, but he does say he thinks the Tigers can avoid a long slump. "If one or two guys were car- rying us, then we might be in for quite a tumble. But every- one is playing well," Dodger Hole-Card Is Ace Reliever Angels Nip Boston Farrell, 27, in his other ap- pearance with the Dodgers, wrapped up a 10-0 victory for Johnny Podres at Pittsburgh last Friday night after the southpaw ace had to give way because of arm trouble. The last-place Phillies, who now have lost seven in a row, scored all their runs in the fifth, capped by John Callison's two- run single. The Angels barely saved their victory over the Red Sox with a two-man relief job by Ted Bows- field and Tom Morgan. Bows- field followed starter Ken Mc- Bride, who was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning, and was tagged for Jensen's first home run of the season in a two-run seventh. Morgan gave up an RBI dou- ble by pinch - hitter Carroll Marjy for the final run, but then retired seven of the last eight men he faced. Government Catches Fish' With Plane FORT FRANCES (CP)--Two on Saturday night, are shown above. Left to right, they are: Mrs. F. Williamson, laier "double out" winner; Marion Parker, ladies' "high baseball one-inning""; Donna Cummer, ladies' Yen TEAM CAPTAINS of the various team winners, who were honored at the annual CRA Neighborhood Assoc. Dart League's banquet on Sate urday night, include the above. Left to right, they are: Bill Clark, Woodview Park team No. 1, winners of the 1960-61 Club Championship three darts and Mrs. Vi Greaves, ladies' "doubles-in" winner, (back Tow) J Clar! Felow, gents' "High baseball, ; Mrs. Olive Clark, indies' hi baseball, nine award. His players included Gladys MacMillen, Don Mac- Millen, Nellie Pallen, Gary Clark and George Waite; Arnold Cummer (centre), cap- tain of the Southmead Park team, won the Consolation championship, along with Donna Cummer, Marjorie Muir, Vi Greaves, Al Pelow, CRA NEIGHBOURHOOD DART LEAGUE CLOSES SEASON innings"; d Harry Fayle, tne, Tone: ol 0) Parker, both George vidual honor trophies, were absent when this picture was ER ER Rick Harman and Les Danidles; Doug Clark, Storie Park team captain, won the high team baseball: honors, along with Olive Clark, Ruth Hopson, Ralph Hopson, Jean Craighead, Jack Craighead, Audrey Trick and Bob Clark. --Photos by The Times Rough Riders Sign Up Three Prospectives OTTAWA (CP) -- Signing of [ju two linemen and a utility quar terback was announced today by Ottawa Rough Riders, Grey Cup football champions. Ron Koes, University of North Carolina 11in e backer acquired last year from Saskatchewan Roughriders, is back. He is joined by Merv Collins, Canadian guard whose knee in- kept him out most of his year with Riders last sea- son, and Jerry Thompkins of fitth San Antonio, Tex., who came to Ottawa for three weeks last season after three years with London Lords of the Ontario Rugby Football Union. He threw a 52-yard scoring pa in his only appearance with Rid- ers. Besides quarterback, Thompe kins, 24, can play defensive back and punt. Minnesota men, fishing beside an aircraft on Quetico Lake in Quetico Provincial Park March 7, were surprised when a sec- ond airplane landed nearby. The men were charged with breaches of three regulations after the newly-arrived pilot, on patrol for 'the department of lands and forests, investigated the fishing expedition and found a gun in the aircraft. James Valentine, 20, and Floyd Arnold, 29, both of Inter- national Falls, Minn., later ap- peared in court and were fined $50 each for having a firearm in a provincial park. Valentine was fined $25 for landing an aircraft at Quetico. A charge of using live min- nows was withdrawn. The case was reported in this week's edition of the news re- lease from the department of lands and forests. The Game and Fisheries Act forbids possession of a fire- arm in a provincial park. The BASEBALL SCORES AND STANDINGS By THE CANADIAN PRESS National League W L Pct. GBL San Francisco 14 7 667 -- Cincinnati 1310 .565 2 Los Angeles 1411 560 2 Pittsburgh 11 9 50 2% St. Louis 1010 .500 3% Milwaukee 810 444 4% Chicago 912 420 5 Philadelphia 616 .273 8% Monday's Results Los Angeles 4 Philadelphia $ Su a Francisco at Pittsburgh ppd, as ain games scheduled) Today's Probable Pitchers San Francisco (Sanford 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Haddix 1-0) Los Angeles (Drysdale 2-2) at Philadelphia (Mahaffey 2-2) St. Louis (Gibson 1-0) at Cin- cinnati (Jay 1-3 or Maloney 1-1) Chicago (Hobbie 1-3) at Mil- waukee (Buhl 0-2). Wednesday's Games Los Angeles at Phila (N) San Fran at Pittsburgh (N) Chicago at Milwaukee (N) St. Louis at Cincinnati (N) American League W L Pct. GBL New York 13° 7 650 2% Baltimore 1110 524 § Cleveland 1110 524 5 Minnesota 1110 524 § Kansas City 89 471 6 Boston 811 421 7 Los Angeles 812 400 7 Washington 3} 364 4) 14 |Chicago 713 .350 8% Monday's Result Boston 5 Los Angeles 6 (Only game scheduled) Today's Probable Pitchers Washington (McClain 3-1) and Daniels 0-3) at Detroit (Mossie 3-0 and Foytack 1-1). New York (Ford 4-1) at Kan. sas City (Herbert 1-1) Baltimore (Estrada 1-1) at Minnesota (Ramos 2-1) Boston (Delock 1-1) at Los Angeles (Moeller 0-1) Cleveland (Perry 2-1) at Chi- cago (Score 0-0 or Shaw 2-1) Wednesday's Games New York at K. City (N) Boston at Los Angeles (N) Baltimore at Minnesota Washington at Detroit » Cleveland at Chicago (N) International League w Detroit 16 5 762 4 | 4 L Pct. GBL Columbus 4 602 Richmond 11 7 611 San Juan 12 8 .600 Jersey City 75 5881 Buffalo 78 467 3 Rochester 7 8 467 3 Toronto 6 9 440 4 Syracuse 414 222 7% Monday's Results Syracuse 0 Richmond 1 Provincial Parks Act and regu- lations make it illegal to land an aircraft in Quetico Park, ex- cept at an airport licensed un- der the Federal Aeronautics Act. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT San Juan 8 Toronto 1 Jersey City at Columbus ppd, rain. (Only games scheduled) Tonight's Games Buffalo at Toronto Rochester at Syracuse Jersey City at Columbus (2) San Juan at Richmond (2) Wednesday's Games Buffalo at Toronto Rochester at Syracuse Jersey City at Columbus San Juan at Richmond American Association Monday's Results Dallas-Fort Worth at Louisville (2) ppd, rain. Houston at Indianapolis ppd, rain. Omaha at Denver. 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