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Oshawa Times (1958-), 27 May 1964, p. 23

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OSHAWA GENERALS HOCKEY CLUB OFFICERS AND DIRECT ORS The executive and directors of the Oshawa Generals Hoc- key Club are shown here, left-to-right, (front row) -- Bruce Affleck, secretary- treasurer; Neil Hezzelwood, director; Russell D. Hum- phreys, QC, club president; Matt Leyden, director and Wren Blair, general manager; (back row)--Murray John- ston, director; Dr Chas. Mc- Ilveen, vice-president; Dr. W. M. Shaw, director; Gerald Deegan, director and Dr. Pe- ter Zakarow, director. Club president "Russ" Humphreys has called a full meeting of the officers and directors for Thursday night of this week, at which time this past sea- son's successful operation will be discussed and a date set for a team banquet, to be held this next month. Next season's plans will also be on the agenda. DOUG HEPBURN, WEIGHTLIFTER Former World Champion Would Train Youngsters VANCOUVER (OP) -- In a small basement gymnasium be- neath a suburban pool hall a man once acclaimed as the world's strongest is groping in search of new strength. Doug Hepburn, Canada's weightlifting wonder scant years ago, is trying to heal old scars and make a new begin- ning for himself from the ashes of self-doubt and fear. Fresh from a hospital for alcoholics with serious mental roblems, he is looking like the pe Hepburn of old. But much wiser. Pipe-smoking Doug Hepburn now 36, is a squat, powerfully {club foot; to fame in 1953 when he was crowned heavyweight weight- lifting champion of the world. | His slick black hair now is tinged with grey. His weight is down to 235, about 40 pounds less than his top-form weight, but he still belts barbells over- head with gusto. Born a cripple, a boy with a club foot, he stili bears the facial scars of a hard forceps delivery. Operations corrected an eye impairment. But doctors could only fuse the ankle of his that ankle never moved again. As a conseq- uence, his right leg never de- GREENWOOD RACE RESULTS Copyright 1964 by McMurray Publishing Ce., Ltd. (Daily Racing Form). FIRST RACE -- Purse $1900. Claiming. Maiden, two-year-olds. 4% Furlongs (9) 4Whirl 'n Deal, Mcomb 15.30 5.40 4.00 3.60 2.70 4 stern, Bayview Miss, ight the Lamp, Bill's Red, Chop Turkey and Red Garters. Winner, b c, 2 by Mr. Turf -- Queen " . Trainer E Mann Pool $21,102 Double Pool $41,944 SECOND RACE -- Purse $1900. Cleim- ino. Four-year-olds and up. 7 Furlongs 9) 3-Mighty Gone, Rogers &Just Don't Shove, Shuk B-Navy Grand, Walsh Also Ran: Bitters, Star Task, Rubal Khali, Malbajar, Senor Teddy, and Mon- sieur Beau DAILY DOUBLE, 4 AND 3, PAID $58.40 Winner, bik g, 6, by Mighty Story -- Gone Again, by Jamestown. Trainer W Woods. Pool $40,002 8.10 3.80 3.00 3.50 2 90 5.10 THIRD RACE -- Purse $1900. Claim ing. Two-year-old maidens, 4% Furlongs (9) 8.60 3.90 2.60 4M 2.70 2.60 3Scadadie, Harrison 7-Bully Keane, Hale DH--4--Irish Joe, Walsh wf DH-S--Sail Along, Parsons 2. Also Ran: Helio Mike, Danassas, Bar Gossip, Our Princess and Bimini Boy. DOH--Deadheat for third Winner, ch ¢, 2, by Escadru -- Goody Goody, by Good Goods. Trainer, G Mag nusson. Pool $45,429. FOURTH RACE -- Purse $1900. Claim- i. Four-yeer-olds and up. 7 Furlongs (8) 8-Count Page, Gordon 15.60 6.10 4.50 Cluny Miss, Harrison 450 3.30 5Shall Succeed, Shuk 3.80 Also Ran: Grand Vitesse, Hair Tearing, Little Welch, Ali's Pride, and Wee M. Winner, b g, &, by Bull Page -- Counter- te by Countergiow. Trainer L Sit vestri. 90|4-Good Old Mort, Bakos 4.20 2.90 2.10 Pool $52,848 FIFTH RACE year-olds. 4% Furlongs (4) --Purse $2200. Two 1-Misty Bandit, Hale 3-Lykke Til, Shuk Also Ran: Gunmetal Pete QUINELLA, 4 AND 1, PAID $11.10 Winner, ch ¢, 2, by Promised Land -- 3.00 2.10! 2.10] Doug dreamed of becoming the turned to weights and literally) lived in a gymnasium, sleeping} there on a bed of potato sacks. Canadian relatively -unknown) even in his own country flew) to Stockholm and with an in- jured foot, tossed more than 1,000 pounds in three Olympic lifts and was declared the]; champion, the "world's strong-| est man," | He had reached his Everest,| even though he had injured the| bones of his left foot and could) not train for three weeks prior to the contest. Plane at Stockholm with my! hands. I couldn't put weight on) that foot." couver--and he did this with an} injured knee. | Then came the letdown. "T had attained my dream. I was the strongest man in the Blve Path, by Bilve Swords. Trainer J C Meyer. Pool $18,105 Quinelia Pool $22,326 SIXTH RACE -- Purse $2200. Claiming. 7 Furlongs (7) 1-Mangea Cake, Turcotte 9.00 4.50 3.00 7-Love Quest, Fitz'ns 5.20 * 4.00 2-Brief Wind, Harrison Also Ran: Bright Hope, Rip Van Jive, and Cool Fool. Winner, b g, 3, by Mahan -- Avona, by Four Freedoms. Trainer L Cavaleris Jr. Pool $48,119 4.20 Callaround. SEVENTH RACE -- Purse $2900. Three year-olds, foaled in Canada. 7 Furlong: (6) 2-Arctic Hills, Shuk 13.70 5.70 4.00 3-Canadillis, Parsons 3.00 2. 5-Famous Road, Harris 3.80 Also Ran: A-Slithering Sam, Canadian 60 | Hero, and Big Rocky. A--Beasley entry Winner, dk b or br ¢, 3, by Nearctic -- Baffin Bay by Porter's Cap. Trainer W Moorhead. 4 Pool $48,894 | | BIGHTH RACE -- Purse $2000. Claim- ing. Four-year-olds and up. One and one sixteenth Miles (6) \-Falpala, N. T'cotte 21.10 9.90 3.60 FwWhitville, R T'cotte 40 2 6-Brigitta Skol, Fitz'ns 2.70 Also Ran: Guaicaipuro, Zenarchal, anc Von Rich. Winner, ch g, 6, by Toulouse Lavtrec -- Faustina by Orsenigo, Trainer W Von Richthofen. Pool $50,982 Total Pool $389,751 ;Attendance 6,903 F --_ K pic FREE DEMONSTRATION Come in and see these Color TV EVERY MONDAY AT 7:30 P.M. IN COLOR "Mondey Night At The Movies" EVERY WED. AT 7:30 P.M. OY Open Nightly (Except Saturday) 'Til 9:30 ING ST, E. at TOWNLINE .. pown 50 weexuy Shows at No Obligation. IN COLOR "The Virginion" VERY FRIDAY AT 8:30 P.M. IN COLOR "The Bob Hope Show" FURNITURE APPLIANCES |. 728-4658 | a lee |) e I b On-and-off attempts at man- aging the first Doug Hepburn gymnasium here fell through. His weight began to fall--a bad "T had to pull myself off that|*!89 for a weightlifter. built weightlifter who' rocketed|veloped to the size of his left.|¢wed me something. Maybe it Despite physical drawbacks,|W@5 4 child's fantasy, a dream {of immaturity, but that's the strongest man in the world. He| way I felt." HATED WRESTLING Pushed by promises of $100,- < 000 a year. Hepburn turned to In 1953, a strapping young professional wrestling, "T hated wrestling. I hated | physical violence. Every time something went wrong, or I'd get depressed or lonely or tired, *d go back to the weights, back 0 where I was the king." Doug began to drink. He roke his wrestling contract. "I began to hate myself." "One day I walked to the door' of the Hollywood Hospital The following year he won aj suburban hospital for. alcohol- |gold medal for Canada at thejics) and asked for help. I got British Empire Games in Van-|it, and for nothing." Long talks with a psychiatrist helped. Doug stayed at the hos- pital for a year after his own treatment, helping others. (a "T realized that something in- world and I felt my country! side me, something more than Your Old Window or Door Screens RE-SCREENED | FREE! WITH THE PURCHASE OF... | Tivo: | | | NOW YOU CAN AFFORD TW YOU PAY ONLY c CREEN "It's Glass" made to last a lifetime! 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TEAMS AHEAD Other teams on the plus side in home attendance are Milwau- kee Braves, 57,778; Philadel- phia Phillies, 57,747; Chicago Cubs, 3,665; Detroit Tigers, 22,- 277; New York Mets, 18,646; Chicago White Sox, 13,827; San Francisco Giants, 12,397; Balti- more Orioles 10,254; St. Louis Cardinals 4,855, and Houston Colts, 3,125. Los Angeles Angels and Min- nesota Twins are most respon- sible for the drop in the AL to- tal. The Angels trail their 1963 figure by 122,764 and the Twins Attendance Zooms Leagues by 79,372. Others behind in at- tendance are New York Yan- kees, 50,841; Boston Red Sox, 47,216; Kansas City Athletics, 15,081; Pittsburgh Pirates, 10,- 674; Washington Senators, 3,526, and Cincinnati Reds, 2,342. The figures include Sunday's games. The NL aggrégate is 2,709,871 compared to 2,436,131 in as many dates last season, The se- nior loop established an atten- dance record in 1963 when its gate soared to 11,382,227. The Yankees head the Ameri- can League with 218,815 for 15 home dates. However, they trail New York Mets, who have played before 266,849 in 12 ap- pearances in the new Shea Sta- dium. Foley Unable To Fight In Trials SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP) -- Gerry Foley, 132-pound New England and Maritime _light- weight boxing champion, Mon- day announced he could not ac- cept the chance to fight in the Olympic trials at Vancouver this weekend because of busi- ness pressure. Foley picked up one of three berths in the try-outs Friday) and Saturday with a win over rugged Claude Plourde, 135- pound Edmundston, N.B., boxer jin the Maritime Golden Gloves spark, that something, I re- jalized, could be transformed to |another field -- maybe writing lor something, I'm not really just willpower, gave me _ the) sure yet." power to lift weights. Body| Again Doug turned to the| Claude Plourde has lost once alone was not enough. And that) weights, \tou ft; Plourde will fill Foley's spot at Vancouver along with Mari- time Golden Gloves winner Jackie Burke and Plourde's el- der brother Don. in 11 bouts. | THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, May 27, 1964 © 23 | North Oshawa Top s ' Brookside's Lads In their Minor Soccer League game Monday evening at Northway Court, the North Oshawa "'Hogenboom Construc- tion" boys scored a 6-1 decision over Brookside Park. Grove Bennett was the big goal-getter for the winners, do- ing better than '"'the hat trick" in that he scored five of the six goals, including one from a corner-kick setup. Claus Scherf and "Bas" Bouma were the playmakers in feeding Bennett the ball and Bouma scored his team's sixth goal. side's orphan counter, to share the star rating with his two rivals. Brooklin Minors Open Thurs. Night This week sees the Brooklin 'entry in the Juvenile - Junior League, . playing their first game of the season. They will host the Oshawa Blue Devils on Thursday at 8.00 p.m. in the Brooklin Memorial Arena. The Brooklin entry is coach- ed by "Bud" Christie, a for- mer outstanding intermediate player with Oshawa and Brook- lin, "Tim" Gray, a former player with the Whitby Juve- nile Green Gaels, is the team manager, In the Juvenile-age bracket, there are only two players, Wayne Davidson and Terry Mantle, with previous experi- ence, Both played with the Osh- awa Jaycees last season. Some of the other players in this age group are Rod Crawford, Bob Hall, Gerry Hurst, Gary Curl jand Brian Crawford. In the Junior-age group, there John Pudlis tallied Brook- |are only three players whe have had any experience, they are Bill Hunter, Gord Hunter and Doug Irvine. a CRABGRASS SPECIES Some 50 species of crabgrase flourish throughout the warmer regions of the world. for the best in... 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