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3 Tii. Canadian Satuman,, Eowmanvtflh, zJie1, 1lm *UZ U~ I I f f r-m il y Fium oun SELDOM A DULL MOMNTW roucs- 237384 We premlmed a couple o! weeks aga fiat we were all ln edwifh hockey tornes - but if you will forgive us, there is oee t ory whlcl we led meant fa use long before Slow. If hem been almout exectly fwo montîs ago ince Rex Stimers, a mani wlose several anecdotes we lad recounfed lni this space on cariler occasions, died. Jack Gateclfl!,tIch fine sports editor of thc St. Caharines Standard devotcd six complete daily columustfa is frlend and wefl-knowu radio sportsman, whîcl were passed on ta fils reporter by brotlcr-lu-lew Duncan McFarlane, manager Of Stoney Creek Dalry Farmn, neair Fonthill. W. wlshed f0 check wlfl Jack before using sanie c! bis materlal, sud laed thaf opportunity et flic Memarlal C'up dlnner a couple o! weeks back. Rie gave us the ekay, which we wcre sure le would, sa here gacu wif ha e fw excerpts from floue "Through tI. Sports Gate" colunins. There was fIe autumnn day lu 1917 wheu fhe Rayai Navy Q-bout ou whlcl Rex was second cook, was forpedaed and sunk lu fhe Mediterrenean by a German subniarine. UtI 16-year-old lad clung fa a raft for 12 houri before le and two other survivors were picked up froni fhe icy waters. Rex Stiniers, made lis radio debut li 1924 as a meniber ef a Toronto singing grapp whicl presented Saturday nigît progranis from fIe Prince George Hofel. If niay be more accuraf e fa say thaif lis carcer lu radia acfually gof underway ou a winfer nigîf lu Kitchener in 1920 wheu le broadcait a boxlng card. For fIe nexf cigît y'ears he conined a sales job with Imperial Oil wifh freelance sports announclng for stations. lu Kiftchener, Brantfofrd, Hamilton and Prest ou. Iu 1934 le gave up lis position witî Imperiai 011, settled lu Sf. Catharines sud started an association wifl Radio Station CKTB which spanued 32 years and tlousands o! sports broadcasfs. Rex, a Toronto native, wasted littlfe fime lu becomlng tIc city's No. 1 booster and certaily oe o! ifs besf-known resîdents. If was Stîiers who taggcd lis beloved Niagara area "The Banana BElf." Colarful bofî ou and oaf! the microphone, sonietimes In!uriafing when le refused fa give the score o! ganies ("lu it my fault If people fune lu late?"), le was e man of Intense loyalfies ta fIe people le worked for and wifh. His eariy evening prograin, lu ifs 30t1 year wlen le died, lad fIe longeif run o! amy sports show in Canada, sud le lad lnterviewed cauntiess nunibers o! clanipionship atîlefes and local sports persoualifles during close fo 9,000 programs. Rex neyer tried ta hîde the facf fIat le was sfricfiy a "lamer." Jusf about anyfhing whlcl a St. Cathairines teain dld was al igîf by hlm. As for the opposition? Well tîey wcre viliains while thc game was underway, althougl amy uppased wrong-dolug wais quickly forgiven lafer. Norm Marsihall recalled a nigîf lu fIe mid-forties wlen Rex was broadcasiflg a senior hockey canfesf lu Hamilton. As was Ils customi, le askcd flic radio announcer from flic ofler clty ta trçde microphones for anc period. Rex and Nonm swapped seats for ftle second periad and during flic play, St. Catharines' captain "Red" Reynolds Incurred a penalty. Marshall told fhe St. Cathairines audience fIat if was a deserved penalty, fIat Reynolds lad ludeed elashed a Hamnilton player. Stiniers was flabbergasted! H. yanked fIe mike from Marshlll'shindi and sald bluntly, 'lif certalily wasn't de- servcd sud was eue o!fIe worsf calsl'y.v ever accu."1 O.H.A, secretary-manager Bil» Haniey tells o! visiflng referee Axidy Beflemer et a Toronto Hospital on a Sunday affernocu flat the Teepees were playlug Edmonton 011 Klngs lni a Memorlal Cup gae.Il 1960. Hanley phoned Rex, sug- gcstlug flat If miglif cleer Andy up if le mcutloucd hlm on flic broadcast. If wasu'f e moufli carlier fIat Stimers lad faken Andy to taisk for a supposed wrong-doing. But early lu the !irsf leriod le sfopped lis commentairy fo alak about Beilenier for af. least five minutes. Hie snd wlat a fine refèee le lied been, a credif fa fhe gaine sud lait le was sure le'd b. back on tfliéIe uexf season. "He was pretfy low and cuiy lailf-llsten.lug ta tIc game,"l said! ianley. "But as soon ais lis nmne was mentioued le cheered Up sud seemed aimosf like lis aid self again. Axidy ]Beflemer died lunlis hospîtai bcd, six weeks affer .listening fa JIhe wenmn reiairks. iThere was the nigît ln Waterloo, a blfteriy-coid arena, 1owhexi Rex shivercd and slook hie wey flrough thec finsf two periods of a junior "A" game. Juif before fIe sf art of tIc third period, communication was received, reponting thaf mot a word lad been received at CKTB. The radio equlpmcnt laid becu mlsfakeniy plugged Inta srural Une. Seven rafler shocked feleplone subscribers %vere the cniy folk listeming lu on fIe finit 40 minutes o! the hockey game. Durlug thc Eastern Canada Jr. playoffs hi 1954, severai trips were made fa Quebec City. On anc occasion, Rex woke tUp with a beevy coid. TIe druggist pnescrlbed noie and eye draps - flic wriflng lu French. TIc fwo botties were auded fo fIe patient aind I fhink you can gucis what appened. "I've gone bllnd," le moamd froni lis bcd. "And I csu' seem te gef a breaf I o! air tîrough my nase." His bwa ucket cf wet cetals nase was lit fIe b.ter. As- "'Thei.nlly caf wau aslecp lu front o! the radie," nid Box. «Il gues1 must lave shaken If up a bit. If jumped Up, looped rîgîf through Uic ucreen door, and disappeared lut o the.v;xo&d." Thc frighteuedi animal wes nover se=u agajn. Rex was always Uic finit fa admit thait le was ftle worlds wornmfleser, and h. just couldn'f udcrsfaxid anyonc ,Who pagsd off defuaf lighfly. In thc early days a! junior hockey, le travell.d on Uic Sf. Kiffa' team bus. Whcu thc7 won, hled Ieo sing-song on flic way homo. Mo~n fhoy lesthlewasuihevéry tPlcfure o! dejection. One nWg>tfcomlng troni BadeI, h$Wowing a doee efi player aUxtcd slng l afw old *vMesu but Rez refused fa loin in,111 do't kn@w whaf theY'VOlgof fa b. hippy about," h. au~. Dout ÎeY r»m» by lest fthc paie?" - on ftsrhle d ~44te drive ta out-of-towu gamea (COOmm~d ce n l" Colunins> Jr. Men's Softball W hyt e' s Take if on Chin 19-m3 As Elis Shoes Stone Them by liai Clarke Trallng 3-0, Whyte's finaliy bis own cause for Elliswith Wbyte'a Upholstery took it hit the sooresheet in the sixth. two hits, wlVh six players on the chin 1.ast fTursday Alter two were out, AI Os- dividing the remaining Ellis' niight, In tiheir firat start of borne was sale on an error six safeties. "])oc"l Adams and the seas>n, es undefeated El- and Ruiter walked. Joe Ken- John Kilpatrick poled home- lis S&ioes stonied thera 19-3. nett then siasheci a single to runs for thec winners. Steve Jlir Coye tosed a four right, for Whyte's firet hit, Burns' triple was the only hitter for the wlnners and scoring Osborne. extra base blow for the los- was sumorted by an il hit Ellis continued to tee off ers. Blaine Pickard, Don Me- attack. He clainied 10 etrike- ini the bottom of tihe sixth, Murter and Joe Kennett outs and ailowed six, free adding .3ix runs to take a rounded out Whyte's mnole- pases, in coliecting his third 19-1 lead. Whyte's oollected hmll collection of! hits. win, in as rnany starts. Den- three of their four hits I the Despite the lopsided mcore, ni@ Sullivan took the loss for seventh, scoring two runs. Whiyte's have some good bail Whyte's. Around the Bases: players and shou1d prove con- Ellis juiuped into a 3-0 first Ken Veitch, playing hie first siderably tougher in the up- inning lead, added three more year in Jr. Men's cornpetition, comiMZ gaimes. Ellis, off to a in tihe third, three In the rapped out three hits for the blazing start, have given ail fouirth and four in the f lfth. winners. Jim, Coyie helped clubs their lumnps so far. 'Durham Ladies Softball Canadian Tire Team Downs Court ice in Opening Game iBownianvifle Canadian Tire Diane Ormiston shared the Everyone in the winýners' Ldeeated -Couirtice 12-8 in the round duties for thec Cana- line-up oolilected at least one DuThom Ladcies' softball lea- dian Tire crew, holding Cour- safety. Delores Davey, Betty tice to three hits. Bonnie Thertell, Gayle Piper, Sharon gue opener at Courtice, Fri- Simpson was tagged with the Burgess and Lenore Smith led day ni<ghit. Betty Therteil and Ions. the way with tawo hits apiece. Local Golf ers to Compete Annin-ç Twn Cham n;inn .f-l %a 88 d l Du ringG( Wilf Honienuik, winner ofi three national clampionships in the last seven monfhs, and Canadian ladies champion Jocelyne Bourassa will play their National Golf Week round, Saturday, June 11. Canadian PGA champion Homenuik wiil play at Glen- dale Country Club, Winnipeg, Main., and Miss Bourassa, Uni- versity o! Mont real student frani Shawinigan, Que., wll tee off at Le Club Lavai-sur- le-Lac, Lavai, Que. From June 4-12, thousainds of Canadian golfers wiil coin- pete against Miss Bouraissa and Homenuik, winner of thc 1965 Peru Open and fIe 1966 Panama Open, for an entry fee o! $1.00 per round. Women contestants will pit their net scores against Miss Bourassa's gross score, with the miale swingers taking on Homenuik on Uic sanie basis. Each contestant wiii be given his full handicap and those wîo do flot have handicaps wili be handicapped under tIe Callaway Systein for "handi- Ladies Softball Schedule Tues. May iy 1-Bownianville at Whitby Wed. June 1 Court ice ait Newcastle Fnl. June 3 - Port Hope at Court ice Mon. June 6 - Whitby at Bowmainvilie; Newcastle at Part Hope Wcd. June 8 - Witby ait Newcaist le; Port Hope at Bownianville Fni. June 10 - Newcastle ait Court ice Mon. June 13 - Courtice at Bownianvillc; Wiiitby at Port Hope Tues. June 14 - Part Hope at Whifby Wed. June 15 - Bo'wnanviiie at Newcastle Fnî. June 17 - Whitby ait Court ice Mou. June 20 - Bowmianville et Port Hope Tues. June 21 - Newcastle et Wliitby Second Hal! Mon. July 4 - Newcastle at Port Hope; Court ice ait Bowiainville Tues. July 5- Borwnanville et Whltby Wed. July 6 - Pont Hope at Newcast le Fnl. July 8 - Whltbyr et Court ice Mcm. JuylY -Newcastle ait Bowmaivl]e, Whitby et Port Hope Tues. JulY 12 - Court la at W.d. July 13 - Eowmnmviile et Newcastle Ffl. JulY 15 - Port Hope et Cointic. Mon. JulY 18 - Whlfbyr et Bo'wm-anvile; Courtice ait Port Hope Tues. July 19 - Port Hope at Whitby Wied. July 20 -Coturice et Newcastle F1. July 22- Bowenanville et Courtico Mmi. July 25 - Bowmanville et Port Hope Tules. JulY 26 - Newcautle ait whifby Wed. July 27 - Whitby et rNewcast le; Port Hope et Bowyuanviflc fr1. July 29 - Newtla et a FF %e % 8 8%4y 5 fi ifmi f cIf Week June 4-.12~ capping thc unhandicapped". Canada Ltd., are used by pro- Those defeatlng the cham- vincial golf associations for pions will be awarded hand- development of junior golf some medals with a key ring programs. Since its inception attached. Last year, 3,573 in 1952, National Golf Week players won medals. has raised $127,000 for this Proceeds from National Golf purpose. RCGA and provin- Wcek, which is co-sponsored cial golft officiais are confident by the Royal Canadian Golf that lat year's record figure Association and Pepsi-Cala o 2,0 will be surpassed. Newcastle Ladies Beat Bowmanville 4-m1 Newcastle Ladies downed Bowmanville Canadiàn Tire 4-1 in ai Durham Softball League fixture, Monday nigît, at tIe Centrai ScIool diamoud. The Tire crew took fIe iead witî anc nun iu fIe second, but Ne wcast le fied if in flic next frame and won if lunflic fourth on Marlou Rickand's two-run circuit dlont. Thc visitons aidded another in fIe fiffî fa wrap If Up. Laura Myles fossed ai five- Ellis Pound Chartran 13 - by Jim Clarke Ellis Shoes pounded Chart- ran's into submission on Mon- day night, May 23rd, winning 13-8. Jim Coyle picked up the verdict for Ellis, aithough tagged for 13 hits. Ris mates presented him with a six-run opening frame cushion and Clartran's neyer recovered. Tcrry Baker, after a first in- ning thumping, steadied down, but the damage was done. Ellis baggcd five of their total safefies in the first. Baker managed seven strikeouts in a losing raie, but also gave up seven walks. Around the Bases: 'Doc" Adams and George Michelson paced Ellis' atfack witl two lits each. Brian Smith, Jim Clarke and Guy Parks had tlree hits apiece for the losers. "'The Player's 200" MOSPORT PARK SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Tickets Now Avallable at Bryson's Smoke S1Iop Coach and Four, Orono hitter over the seven-inning distance to earn the decision. Betty Therfell was tagged wif h the loss despite only giving up three safeties, before Diane Ormiston fook over the mound dufies in the sixfh. Delores Davey's solo home- run accounted for Bowman- ville's lone run, while Sharon Burgess was the only player on both teams to dlaim more than one lit, with a pair of singles. Bowmanville manager-coadch Reg Willatts has announced thaftIchefeam sponsor, Can- adian Tire, will donafe a free 8gift draw at every home game. BANNER PASSANT 623-3258 Bowmanville Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada EORGE MEEK PRODUCTIONS a 4 presents t1 WHITBY ARENA (DOWNSTAIRS) on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 from1 pi. to12 p.. - THE BATTLE 0F TEBIG BANDS featurlng 4 -BANDS- 4 TE IVE ROGUES *THE COUNTS TB£ UGLY DUCKLINGS *THE ASSOMMÂES f Aivancu Tickets Only $1.25 0 At Door - $2.00 Tickets aveilable ait: Brsn' Smoke SIop sud Orýske's Smoke Slep A record crowd a! b u aover 3,000 is expecf cd v b 5th :j Joins "Hole in One" Club Bob Wcish, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Weish, Liberty St. North, became a distinguish- ed member of Bowmanville Golf & Curling Club lasf week when he sank a 'hole-in-one' on the third green (over the pond). The iron shof from the third tee landed nicely and bounced direct ly into the cup for fhe thrill of a lifefime fIat f ew players lave experienced. June 5th to lltI IUs Water Sfety Weekc LIFE SAVER or pillows. During the periods wîen they're not needed, they A good life jacket, correct- sîould be stored in a cool, ly used and properly cared for weil-venfiiatcd place or they'll wili lelp save the lufe o! a deteniorate more rapidly flan patential drowning victim. normal. To be a good life jacket, if Wthgo aeali jkt must meet the specifications sld cane, a ife jacke set by the Department of ysloid las fomgersInta10 Transport, Ottawa. Soanay ycas, perlsholoner. lu amyr life jacket you buy slould ca, if slould le testd peni- bear the "D.O.T. Approved" isodially o se htirtili la stamp. But tîat's onîy the isboac rpris beginning. TIc most important point Wlen buying a life jacket, about a life jacket is that if If slould be tried on. If slould can't hclp save ai life if it's fit nîght and be -rcasonabiy stuffcd ouf of the way under comfortable. At the first op- tIc deck of a boat or if if's portunity, it should be tested been le! t on shore. You lave by wading ouf ta clcsf-dcep to wear it. watcn and naising the knces. June 5 to 11 is Red Cross TIe if c jacket should float Water Safcty Week in Canada. you lu a face-up position. Thc Red Cross reminds us fIat Life jackets should not le tlousands af Canadian lives used as boat bumpers, cushions iosf because o! drowniug, could have been saved if the victinis u rtL 1 ha. lad worn a life jacket. MIiri vus sumIliis Men's Softball League Schedule Frank's fHand Chartran's Sunday, May 29 - Bailieboro 1 ZL IO 4 )eieai ait Cavan, Betlany at Miil- brook. by Jirn Clarke Wed June i - Cavan ait BetI- Frank's Vaniety used au any; Pantypool af Bailie- igît-run fi! th frame Tuesday bora. nigîf (May 24th), ta Iand Sun. June 5 - Ponfypool af Chartran's a 12-4 defeat. Cavan; Bailieboro ait Mill- Traiuing 3-2 affen 4%/2in- brook. nings Frank's rolled ouftflicir Wed. June 8 - Betîauy ait comeback carpet. Howic Pal- Pontypool; Miilbrook ait lard until fhis point, lad ail- Cavan. iowed fhe winners just tîe Sun. Ju.ne 12 - Bailieboro ait safeties. Four bits, two walks Bctlany; Pontypool ait Mill- and a pair o! errons boosted brook. Frank's aîeaid 10-3. Wcd. June 1.5 - Cavan at Clartran's managcd a single Bailieboro; Millbrock at run in the sîxth, but the win- Bet'hany. iens picked up anofler pair, fn thc bottom o! thc sixth. Sun. June 19 - Betlany ait Ken Baker, despife giving Up Cavan; Bailieboro ait Pan- il lits, went fIe entire game typool. for Frank's win. Howie Pal- Wed. June 22 - Cavan at lard was tagged for il lits, Ponty-pool; Milibrook ait also, by fIe winners. The Bailieboro. 1oss' was tIc second o!fIe Sun. June 26 - Ponfypool at eanîy season, for fIe Chant- Bethany; Cavan at Millran's squad. brook. Around tIc Bases: Dave Wed. June 29 - Befhany aitISnawden, Jerry Banker and Bailieboro; Millbrook at Bnian Bradley ail lad fwo Sunyol Juy3-Balibr i its for thc winnens. John Saun; Betla3 Bait eroatConuors was Clartran's top brook. tay t Vrii slugger, with tîre lits, with Wed. Juy-41Cv-i Bt- Bnian Smith, Tcrry Baker and any; Ponty6o-lCai t Be"'i_ Rick Lucas, ail plclclng Up ai ba, otpola alepair. Sun. July 10 - Pantypool at Cavan: Baliebono ait Mill-Os a aG n rl brook. Ohw Wcd. July 13 - Bethany ait Ponfypool: Miilbrook ait Nmu CName ruew Coach Sun. Juiy 17 - Balieboro ait Betilany; Pontypool af Mill- Ted O'Connor, 34-year-old brook. Oshawa native who fonneniyl Wed. July 20 - Cavan ait played with tIc Generails, was Bailiebora; Millbnaok ait named coacî-general manager Bethany. o!fIe Oshawa Geucrals on Sun. July 24 - Betlany it Monday. Cavan; Bailieboro at Pan- He replaces Coach Eep Guid- typool. olin who lais taken a )ob as Wed. July 27 - Caivan ait Pou- a îrcwery represcutatîve lu typool; Millbrook ait Baille- Timimins aind Gen.-Mgr. Wreu bora. Blair, receutiy slgned lu fIe Sun. July 31 - Pontypool ait sanie capaclfy wifh Minnesota, Betlany; Cavan ait Mill- a mew club iu fIe N.H.L. ex- brook. pansion. Wed. Augusf 3 - Betlany it O'Connor was wtl Whifby Bailieboro; Milllbiook ait Dunlops in 1957-58-59. They Pontypool. won tIc Warid Amateur Sun. Augusf 7 - Bailieboro ait Clamplomslip ln '58 and tIe Cavan; Befliauy it MilI- Alan Cup in 1959. Hec also brook. . layed senior with Windsor Wed. August 10 - Caivan ait Bildogis ad professionally Bethany; Ponfypool ,afi Bal- witî Tacoma and Hershey. lieboro. In addition, Ted wes a fine Sun. August 14 - Cavan lit fhird basemain wlth Oshawa Pontvpool; Baulleiboroaet lu tIc Imter-caunty Leagu.. Millbrook. Durlng fIe peut season le Ail Sundlay garnes are whle~oached Oshawa Crushmen duled for 6 o'clock p.m.;. weekia!fIte Ont aria Junior "E"p zoom et 8:45 vin emraL.gue. Alt lough we anly knew lhirâ bricfly, we wau't farget belng interviewed by Rex over CKTB wîeu le fargof our nanie, nor low le used ta say, "There tley go bIta ablivion," when the players dlsappeared froni view due fa Bowmau- vllle's boof I arrangement.- 'f He waî as happy as a kid wlfh a ceudy-bar, when we delivcred the picture o! Rex ail wrapped Up in lis Bowman- ville blankets ta Sf. Catharines, tIc followlng week. If was certainly a pleasure ta have knawn hlm, even If If was only for a short finie. In aIl fairness, If must b. sald fIait Rex Stimers was nat a "reporter" lu the strictesf ense. Et wasn'f overly concerned about statust ls sudh as goals, assiste or even tIe final score o! a ganie, sud wasn't beyond cuiarglng on things jusf a liffle if If suited lis purpos. However, ho more flan compensated for these mnbor falngs by lis emoflonal Involvement ln every type of activlty Ite broadcasf. One o! lis favorite atories was o!fIe World War 1 slnking o! lis Royal Navy slip. TIe date remalned constant but other facti grew jusf a liffle li fhe telllug. At firsf le was adrifi six houri, liter If was elght sud graduafly worked Up ta 12 houri. "I prayed," naid Rex, "itat I'd b. plcked Up and grainfed 40 more years o!Ilie."1 Weil le was rescued sud granted more flan 48 yersf on fIs earf h before lis death et ago 65. Gat ccli!! writes: "The Banana Beif au ho called his beloved Niagara District wIU go on. But If won't b. quit. the sanie ar qulfe as exciflug, wlfleut Its g etutboodupr Rez 8tlmeus. 9 b v ý 1 SPORTOPICS and suifer in silence rather tlan listen to any hilirity. fTen there was the Urne that wrestling villain Nazije Singh heard Stimers describe hlma as '«a rotten apple ln thc middle of a barrel of fine gentlemen." Nanjo thc Banjo as Rex called hlm, happened to b. on hie way to a St Catharines' bout at the time, and wau seathing wlth ragé when le reached the sfadlum. Singh dldn't mind the faunts In the ring but he ap or- ently believed fIat being chasflsed on radio was goi a littie toa far. If didn't help matteru cîther when soueis a peppered hlm with rotten apples as le entered theç ring. However, before the match st art cd, le spotted Rex, jumnped the ropes and chased hlm out the door. If must have been quite a sighf, the huge Singl sud poor old Rex, but a couple of weeks lafer Stimers was refereelng a bout et Maple Leaf Gardens between Whlpper Billy Watson and Nanjo. Apart from sports, Rex was given tIc task of describing a portion of tIe visit of King George VI and Qucen Eliza- beth ta St. Catharines in 1939. As they passed by hie area on the parade route, he promptly burst into tears. Hie vas so overcome by the excitenient of the occasion fIat he simply couldn't speak. That was one o!fIe few finies Rex was ever stuck for words. However, during a Jr~. "A" playof! encounter at Maple Leaf Gardens, lis voice quit due ta laryngitia while le wais gaing full tilt In the third period. There was a time wlen the radio station didn't carry Sunday hockey broadcasts, and sa Stimers found hiniseif i a box seat for the seventh game of a playaf! erles, lnsfead of the gondola, wlere he could blow off excesu energy. St. Klffs led Sf. Micîaiel's 6-1 going inta the lest perlod, but suddenly fhe tide turned. With iess than six minutes te play they had cuftIch margin ta 6-5, and juit ta add ta the tension Bill Dincen hif the goal post witl Mary Edwards apparently beaiten. That was enough for Rex. He ieft lis seat and headed int o the press room under the stands. Hie lad no sooner got out of sigîf of the action than a tremendous roar went up from the capacity crowd. The press rôoon attendant rushed lu and yelled at Rex, "TIey jusf scored!" That was enougl for his already churning stomach and he became violently III. What Rex didn't learn until lafer was that "fhey" were the St. Catharines TeePees, not St. Mlke's Majors. WIen if comes ta Rex Stimers, undaubtedly everyone who have ever leard anc o! his broadcasf s, will remember fIat he rated goal-tenders' stops by "bells." The lowesf was the five-beil save, but fIs, nef urally was used only for a routine stop. A 10-bell save was fairiy difficuit, a 15-bell stop was brilliant and when le used the 20-bell save, you knew that a minor miracle lad juat been accomplished. Aithough he !ailed ta give tIc score o! gamnes offen enaugh, it still wasn't too difficuit to ascertain whlch teanq was winning. WIen a St. Catharines team was ahead, hie toue reached an unbelievable pltch. When they were behind, sorrow dripped fram every word. Rex was a man whose mood cauld change lu a flash. One nighf in Barrie, the score was tled and a St. Catharines player missed an open nef. Stimners put lis land over the microphone, leancd over ta Jack Gatecliff and whlmpered bifferly, "Why tley have that guy on the team I don't ksiow. He can'f skate, he can't pas, h. couldn't shoot the puclc into the ocean If if was sfaring him in fIe face." Less flan 30 seconds later flc mre player plcked fthe puck up in lis owu end, skated fîrougli the entire Barrie feaim, pulled the goal-tender and scored fthc game-wînnlng goal. Witîouf as mucî as a blusl, Rex lnformed hie listenero thaf here lndeed was anc o!fIe finesf prospecte li junior hockey. "If le doesn't make the National Hockey Leagu. rîî miss my bet," le said. Thc boy neyer did turn pro, but le dld play smre fne hockey for St. Catharines thaf seasan. During the course of anather game at Barrie, StIm reia*rked that the radio boath appeared as If if hadn't be swepf ouf since the building was erected. "I'm mlftlng bers witl peanut shella up ta niy knees," le said. If so happened thaif the manager of the Barrie arena was listcning fa the gamniluIls office and, nat surprisinglyo le was a liffle upset over the remarks about is house keeping. He iufarmed Hep Emme, then coachi and manager of the Barrie team. Now If seenis as If there was a rather navel way cf getfiug int a the radio booth. You climbed a long ladder, whlcî, was tIen hoisted Up behlnd yau by a puiley, mudli like a drawbridge. Once you were flere, you sfaycd until someone was kind enough ta release the rape from belaw. When the game wais over, the radio equipment was paicked, but la and beîald, fIe "drawbrldge"l wausf111 lUp. And there below was Rap Emmes who informed Rex rflter blunfiy that unfil le apalagized for hie carlier remnarku ne anc was getting dlown ouf of the boatl. N a (ee