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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 5, 1975 SPORTALK 623-3303 I FLASHBACK-25 YEARS AGO-The B.H.S. girls Senior Basketball team was defeated by Uxbridge 15-14 in the most exciting game of the season, on Friday. B.H.S. sank what would have been the tying shot just seconds after the final whistle. B.H.S. line-up: Forwards L. Bates (5), L. Osborne, N. Hagerman, (2), M. Clarke (2), B. Spencer, J. Craig (5). Guards: J. Stenger, M. Allin, C. Steward, D. Johns, M. Leask, M. Osborne. FLASHBACK-10 YEARS.AGO-John Fowler led Hooper's Jewellers with 17 points, Frank Sobil 9, and Hans Strikwerda 8 points in defeating Coronation Cafe, in Men's Town League Basketball, taking over first place. INTERESTED-in fast, exciting hockey playoffs? Then plan to be at the Bowmanville Arena, this Sunday evening. Starting at 6 p.m. we have the third game of the H. W. Knapp Towing Major Bantams, best of fiveseries against Napanee, the locals leading 2-0. Following immediately, is the series of Bowmanville Sport Midgets against Gananoque which stands at 2 wins and a tie for Bowmanville in a best of five series. See you there? A MIXED INVITATIONAL BONSPIEL-will be held this Saturday, at the Bowmanville Country Club. Several out-of-town rinks have entered, and the public is welcome to come and watch some exciting games, which begin at 9 a.m. LAST WEDNESDAY'S-Duplicate Bridge turn- out was the largest ot date, with 12 pairs in competition. Winners were (North-Souty) 1. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Vanstone, 2. Mrs. John Begoers and Mr. Robert Gill. (East-West) 1. Mr. and Mrs. D. Orme, 2. Mrs. Bruce Berry and Mrs. W. Miller. THE POPULARITY-of the game Badminton, continues across Canada, with 900,000 Cana- dians participating, according to the last national census. In the Toronto Area alone, the Boulevard Club has 1,100 active players, and the Granite Club's membership has jumped from a mere 200 to about 1,100, while other clubs have waiting lists as high as 800. There are over 5,000 players in the Toronto Inter- Church League alone. The third National Technical Seminar will be held in Ottawa, March 27-28-29, during the Canadian National Championships. PRESS CONFERENCE-the committee of the Oshawa Minor Softball Association, held a most successful press conference, at the Oshawa Armouries, on Monday, February 24th, to kick off the start of activities connected with the Canadian 1975 Fastball Championships to be held in Oshawa,i August 23-30. OLDTIMERS' HOCKEY-is now an organized national sport in Canada. Teams from Ontario include the Agincourt Lions, Aurora "Church Dodgers", Barrie, Burlington, Chippawa, Deep River, Dundas, East Gwillimbury, Ennismore, Guelph, Huntsville,, Kingston, Lakefield "Centennials", Marmora "Millionaires", Mid- land, Niagara Falls, North Bay, Ontario Hydro, Orillia, Ottawa "Old Pros", Ottawa "Old Stars", 'Owen Sound, Peterborough Pete's (Oldtimers), Peterborough Recreation All Stars, Peterborough Selects, Pembroke RCMP (Ottawa), Simcoe, St. Catharines Oldtimers, Sudbury, Toronto Italian, Toronto Lakeshore All-Stars, Toronto-Pickering, Toronto St. Michael's, Toronto Tubecraft Antiques, and Wolfe Island. FRIENDS-of Howard Cryderman an avid hockey2 fan of Bowmanville teams, will be pleased to know he is progressing favorably at home, following a1 stay in Oshawa Hospital. The doc finally caught up wth him, we hear. ORGANIZES OLDTIMERS' HOCKEY - Former school teacher John F. Gouett, 36, of Peterborough, Ontario, established the COHA in January as a non-profit corporation respon- sible for. providing recreational hockey pro- mjor objectivesa set out in itsrgansition, are: to promote and encourage the formation of Provincial Oldtimers' Hockey Associations as a local governing bodies; to affiliate and cooperate with other national and international amateur hockey organizations and recreation bodies; to coordinate provincial, national and international tournaments and tours by COHA teams; to provide national services to COHA members; to make grants out of Association funds for patriotic, educational or charitable purposes. v SUNDAY'S SUN-carried a picture of Philadel- " phia Flyer Dave Schultz, ramming Brent Hughes, a t] former local resident, from the rear, during the first period of the game, which the Flyers won 3-0. Schultz should know better, Hughes retaliated, as exece RAdafTghRIES-s taking place in the Junior B hockey playoffs, between Owen Sound Greys, and the CQllingwood Blue Shirts. 0f interest to local fans is the fact we have two Bowmanville players, Grant Luxton, (.w.) and Joe Humenick, (def.) playing for Collingwood, B with Don Sturrock, (goal) and Byron Holmes, m (def.) with Owen Sound. The standing is now t Ri Owen Sound 2 - Collingwood 1, in the best of p seven play-off series. o ffl .( inl m B ga la T vl se on go m fo Tense Moments in Minor Atom Playoff Battle It was a tough battle all the way on Saturday afternoon when Bob Beers' Minor Atoms took on Ajax in the third game of their playoff series. Up to that time, each team had won one game. Bowmanville were leading 2-1 and hanging on in the third when Tim Preston, 10, got a breakaway and went through to score the insurance goal with only a few minutes remaining, to give the local team the series. The puck in the net may be seen just above the prone, long-sweatered Ajax goalie. The other two pictures show what; agonizing strain the coaches John Logan and Jack Hallowell are going through to come up with a winner, and below, spectator George Sainsbury is so intent on watching the play that he doesn't realize that son Brent, aged 2, has decided its time for his afternoon nap. Menis Major Top 10 Averages Larry Piper 255, Dick Perfect 245, Ron Selleck 245, Roger Davies 242, Gord Wilcox 239, Jack Bond 237, Ed Leslie 236, Russ Oke 235, Les Smale 232, AI Osborne 231. Team Standings Jury and Lovell 27130 pins, 16 pts.,' Rice Bowl 27871, 15, Osborne and Shank 27706, 14; Dykstra's Food 27245, 14; I.G.A. 26904, 13; Lander Hdwe. 26853, 13; Cowan Pont- iac Buick 26494, 12; Frank's Variety 26311, 12; Percy's Fina 26928, i; Pepsi Cola 26722, 11; Ken's Mens Wear 26310, 8; Beaver Lumber 25762, 5. High Single Randy Beauprie ..........338 High Triple Ron Selleck 841 Ladies Major Top 10 Averages O. Etcher 227, N. Evans 222, J. Brown 220, D. Bradley 217, F. Bradley 217, O. Patfield 217, J. Patfield 214, H. Depew 210, M. Flintoff 207, V. Terry 207. Team Standings Depew 23664 pins, 16 pts., ,J. Patfield 23320, 15; Moore 22956, 15; O. Patfield 23713, 14; Land 23293, 14; Davis 22753, 13; Flintoff 22802, l1; F. Bradley 22494, 11; Forrester 22204, 11; D. Bradley 21528, 9; Evans 22273, 8; Bowers 22906 7. High Triple H. Depew............825 Higri Single F. Bradley .............323 RURAL LEAGUE BOWLING Teams Enniskillen 202 points, Sol- ina 202, Town Boys 18, Maple Grove 18, Tyrone 17, Hi C's 17, Salem 8, Home Juice Boys 7, Rurals 7, The Statesmen 7. Top 10 Averages Brian Martyn 247, Dorn Taylor 245, Keith McGill 232, Don Stewart 228, Jim Coomb- es 227, Wayne Coombes 227, Cecil Mills 224, Joe Sweet 222, Dick Wood 219, Don Bishop 217. High Single Ron Broome............. 354 High Triple Ron Broome...........831 f Bob Beers'Minor Atoms Win 2 Games by 3-1 Score Oust Aja On Thursday night, Febru- ary 27, the Minor Atoms were nvîted to Cobourg 's "Young Canada Night" and spoiled the host's hopes of victory, with a 3-1 win. The game consisted of two twenty-minute periods and Cobour scored theronly goal of the f rst period. Then, Tim Preston went to work and scored a hat trick The first and last goals were unassisted with Paul Stocker and Mike Glass helping out with Tim's second goal. Scott Bate blocked 11 shots hroughout the game. The Toros penalti referee voted N the ga hockey The r date foi on Satu hosted, of a be came u victory Once a 1-0 le goal of Preston second, from Playoffs received the three es handed out by the Martyn. The eventual winning Tim Preston was goal was scored by Jeff Most Valuable Player of Vyfschaft, who was playing ame and received a out, due to illness of Todd stick. Stephens. Assisting were Oust Ajax 3 toi1 Preston and Paul Stocker. most important game to Preston scored the insurance r the Toros, was played goal late in the final period, irday, March 1, as they assisted by Dan Coombes. Jeff Ajax in the final game Logan also played a very st-of-three series, and strong game. p with a very strong 3-1 Each team had three penal- . ties, Ajax killing off a two man again, the visitors took disadvantage in the second ad by scoring the oniy period. Both clubs provided Fthe first period. Tim good hockey throughout the n tied it up, early in the series. Congratulations Toros! , with helo from Trevor Good luck in the next series. Preston the Mover Atoms Lead Two Games to One in Exciting Payoffs Series with Bay Ridges On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the Bowmanville Preston the, Mover Major Atoms travelled to Don Beer Arena in Bay Ridges to open their O.M.H.A. lay-off series, a best three ut of five affair. Bowmanville &on the first game 2-1. The Toros opened the scor- ng in the middle period, Barry Cullen connecting, the ssists going to his linemates rian Ruddy and Bill Ho- aarth. Bay Ridges scored 4:17 ater to tie the score. his was the first goal Bay idges scored on Bowman- ille this season. Just 21 econds later, Hogarth scored n a pretty play, the assist iong to his centre Ruddy. The third period featured any scoring opportunities r both clubs with Ken Woodard in the Bowmanville cage having to come up with some key saves to preserve a hard-earned victory over a very scrappy Bay Ridges team. Drop Second Game On Saturday, March 1, the second game in the series was played in the Bowmanville Memorial Arena with Bay Ridges comingup with a 6-5 victory, their first win over Bowmanvilie in 21/2 years. The visitors struck for three goals in the first period and appeared to be on their way to a one-sided romp. Rick Erwin finally connected for the Toros, assisted by John Kompmaker and Rod Plain. Bay Ridges again connected to make the score read 4-1. The home club started to play hockey at this point and struck for four consecutive goals to jump into the lead for the first time in the game. The first marker was garnered by Barry Cullen, assisted by Billy Hngarth. The next one came off the stick of Joe Nihili, the assist going to Erwin. Hoaarth scored the tying goal, assisted by Bil lSansbury and Rod Plain. Ail these gnais came in the third perio , all coming within a five minute span. A very determined Bay Ridges club was not to be denied victory and scored two quick goals in the last four minutes of the game to salt the game away. Steve Skene and tKen Woodard shared the goaltend- ing duties in the wide-open, free-wheeling game that fea- tured verv little defence on the part of either club. Take One Game Lead On Sunday, March 2 in Bowmanville, the Toros de- Knappe's Towing Major Ba tams Take Two Game Lead Saturday When They Defeat Napanee 7.5 The Knapp's Towing major bantams took a 2-0 lead in the best of five quarter final series by defeating Napanee 7-5 in Napanee on Saturday night. The Bowmanville club could wrap up the series with a win this Sunday night, March 9th at 6:00p.m. when they host the Napanee club in Bowmanville Arena. Bowmanville opened the scoring at the 7:16 mark, Gary Dusseldorp slamming one in from close range after taking a pass from Ed Visser. 17 seconds later Greg Mills evened things up for Napanee, then Napanee went ahead with a goal from Peter Cormier and held on to a 2-1 lead for the balance of the period. Napanee jumped into a 2 goal lead at the 20 second mark of the 2nd period, Mike Martin-being the m arksman. At this point of the game, Napanee started to check closely and hemmed Bowman- ville in their own end. At the 12 minute mark Brad Godfrey took a pass from Gary Dusseldorp to put Bowman- ville within one goal of feated Bay Ridges 2-1 in a very exciting and well-played contest to go ahead two games to one in the playoff series. Bay Ridges opened the scoring in the second period. With 17 seconds remaining in the middle period Rick Erwin connected for the equalizer, assisted by his centreman, Darcy Cummings. At the 3:20 mark of the final period, 'with Bowmanville a man short, John Klompmaker checked a Bay Ridges point- man and broke down his wing to score the game-winner. Ken Woodard was in goal for Bowmanville and was very steady to earn the victory. The next game will be played in Don Beer Arena on Wednes- day evening at 7:00 p.m. Are You Looking Economical Car? Check the Best Deal Un Town!, 1974 ASTRE 4cyl., automatic, radio, white- walls. Lic. HRC088 1973 PONTIAC VENTURA 6 cyl., automatic, radio. Lic. HCL210 1971 FIRENZA 4cyl, 4-speed, radio, Lie. EBJ524 1971 TOYOTA Station Wagon 4 cyl., 4-speed, radio. Lic. DZR906 1969 CHEVROLET Station Wagon V-8, auto- matic, power steering, power brakes, radio. Lic. EBL257 evening up the score. 25 seconds later Rick Bain even- ed things up, blasting one from the blue line assisted by Tim Buttonshaw and Gerard Morrison, while playing with a one man advantage. At the 14:59 mark Greg Mills of Napanee struck for his 2nd goal of the game to give Napanee a 4-3 lead at the end of 2 periods. Bowmanville struck early in the third on a power play goal by Scott Stevens, Brad God- frey being the set-up man after winning the draw deep in Napanee territory. Gerard Morrison put Bowmanville ahead at the 7:24 mark unassisted, again while Nap- anee was serving a penalty. Steve Rowntree for Navanee- evened the score with 7 minutes remaining in the game. Bowmanville'took charge at this point in the game as they dommated the play in Nap- anee's end. Gary Dusseldorp came up big for the Bowman- ville squad as he knotched two goals within a minute to complete his hat-trick and win the game. Brad Godfrey assisted on both goals. Bowmanville took a total of 26 minutes in penalties as opposed to Napanee's 16 minutes, and as anyone who witnessed the game would say, the refereeing left a lot to be desired. Anyone wanting to see hockey at its best, should be at the Bowmanville Arena Sunday night at six o'clock. Kramps and Locke TV Tie County Even with Hoopers 6y L. Burns one as AI Junkin and Paul Both the second games in Forsey handed out five minors the semi-finals proved to be and one major penalty to full of action and very close. Kramp's, and nine minors and The first game saw Kramp's one major to Locke's. Furniture and Locke's TV tie The second game was close at 3 all. Locke's jumped into a as County Chrysier tied the 2 to 0 lead after the first on series up with Hooper's Jewel- goals by Gary Wilson with lers defeating them 3 to 1. 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