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D p f w. x. oree construction |Unionville Lose Game, sports experts. Indiscriminate use of such headlines as "Is Hockey Dying?", ‘has contributed little more than added fuel for controversy. But the answer to the ‘declining interest‘ problem in hockey can probably be found in the game itself. Let‘s examine the pros and cons. AS a direct result of dropping Itten?ance in the National Hockey League, a tendency to cry "Wolf" has developed among the { \6‘?: In the Good Old PS 3 Days (we‘re told) oT hockey players went FÂ¥XXA _ a full 60 minutes and a usually finished the a / evening full of vigor and . vitality. . No wonder hockey today is passing out," states an ancient fan. "Why, the boys who are playing now turn blue in the face after three minutes‘ of play!" Others chant: "They ruined hockey when they put the Red Line into the game." These and a dozen other opinions are trotted out each time a new provhecy of doom strikes at the game through the sport pages. Andyet, it was to please the fans that the game was speeded up to the point where it requires 18 players to maintain the constant action, drive and excitement necessary to attract the multitude. The Red Line was created to deâ€" termine ‘offâ€"side‘ passes and do away with the older system of longâ€"distance passing which, all too often, was utilized as a measure of easing the pace. Constant substitutionand changâ€" ing lines ‘on the run‘ are two other methods which have assisted greatly + C As to the claim 6 that . few modern ‘i@. players could play '{ggfl‘»‘ the‘ 60â€"minute‘game, "A |@eâ€"q» it is only necessary > to point out Milt * * ~0 Schmidt of Boston, iT Ted Kennedy of the Leafs and a dozen others specializing in ‘hell for leather‘ hockey. These men could certainly play alongside Babe Dye, Cyclone Taylor or any other _ oldtimer you . chooseâ€"but, admittedly, they would have to ‘pace‘ themselves to last the route. Therein lies the story, we think. \In the older days the game was a slower affairâ€"with the accent on individual style and method. Today the fans are treated to 60â€"minutes of ‘all out‘ hockey, played by men, continually fresh, aided by renovated rules and systems. If hockey is slipping, it can‘t be through lack of in speeding up the sport from a spectator point of view. â€" & "Pease" FURNACES â€" GRAVITY and FORCEDâ€"AIR Heating Eavestroughing â€"â€" Asphalt Shingle â€" General Metal Work Budget terms on "Pease" furnace installations 54 JOHN ST. 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Well, I did last year, but within two days the postman dropped them in my mailbox, thanks to the tiny license plate supâ€" plied to me as a motorist by the War Amputations of Canada. This year again the War Amps are sending car owners a similar key tag. 256 is a mighty small charge for this wonderful service so be sure to mail those twoâ€" bits as soon as you receive your key tag from the Key Tag Service, 740 Bay St., Toronto. You‘ll be getting A1 protection for your keys as well as doing your bit to help those brave fellows who did so much for you. Although we bave not always managed to keep an accurate check on the statistical side of the bouts, it appears that the married men have easily held their own. No doubt practice helps. Actually, the fact there are more married men playing professional hockey than single may also account for the high casualty list @mong referees. Few husbands have much patience for interfering ‘thirdâ€" parties‘. For what it‘s worth we gladly 1: â€"s this last observation along to Rei * s Bill Chadwick, Hugh McLean, Red Storey, etc. PÂ¥A War Amps‘ Key Tag: Eligible Bachelors: AT THE 2 Forwards in Clash With Dukes On Friday Coming through with a smashing effort in the second game of their Junior OHA, B "I!glix" cham» pionship semiâ€"finals, Weston Dukes defeated Unionville Jets. 5â€"0 at Weston arena last Friday night to take a twoâ€"point lead in the playâ€" offs. The rival clubs had battled to a 7â€"7 draw in the opening game staged Tuesday night in the Unionville arena. o2 The playoffs are on & bestâ€"inâ€" seven basis with the first team to get eight points taking the verdict. Thus each team gets & point out of a tie game. Jets can square the series with a win on their own ice Tuesday of this week. The fourth game of the round is to be played at Weston arena tonight (Thursday) due to the skating carnival taking over the ice surâ€" face Friday and Saturday. . mmese Eqi esn ce in 1 1 While the Dukes barged through to take the second game by a fiveâ€" goal margin there wasn‘t that much _ difference <between . the teams. It was 1â€"0 at the end of the first period with Fred Ball scoring, Ted Reid and George Jamieson earning assists. On the play, Jets rated no worse than evenâ€"stephen at the rest interval. Unionville, living up to all preâ€" series predictions, were giving the Westonites a merry old battle and looked to be very much in the hockey game until disaster struck for the visitors when Frank Bonello and Don Courrier, two of their forwards, were lost to the team through injuries, Reduced to seven forwards for the last two periods, the â€" visitors â€" gradually wilted under the fast pace with the Dukes playing fast, hard hockey and keeping up continuous pressure. Big Don MciIntosh, pivot man for Doug. Timgren and Buddy Horne, was the outstanding player for the Dukes just as he was in Tuesday night‘s game in Unionâ€" ville. Don scored three of his team‘s ‘ive goals and never let up. In Unionville, he was also the dominating figure, playing brilâ€" SENIOR "A" Brantford 4â€"Kitchenerâ€"0 Brantford continued to show improvement again this week and won easily over Kitchener 4â€"0. Once again Greenwood in goal for Kitchener was outstanding and saved his team a much greater defeat. In the first period Sonny Osborne scored on a pess by Grant Kilpatrick. In the second period this â€" same â€" combination â€" clicked again for another tally with Moffat also assisting. Then Ross Kilâ€" patrick scored unassisted to end the period. David Grundy on a pass from Garâ€" Pink and Ross ‘Kilpatrick completed the scoring J. H. JORDAN SATURDAY ACTION wWESTON MIDGET NHL WATCHMAKER Expert Watch Repair Prompt Service 5%, MAIN ST. N. liantly in the face of a fierce checking, hrdolllm.nfil:unn laid down by the Jets. odd Duke faded badly in Un:dozvilh but not Melntosh, ‘The harder he was hit the more he tore into the fray, _ _ Weston fans should get behind their team and hit the road with them. The game at Unionville was a fierce encounter and a cheer or two from team backers goes a long way when you‘re playing on "enemy" ice. Weston scorers in Unionville were Don MciIntosh with two, Doug. Timgren, Ted Reid, Fred Bell, Bud Horne, Doug. Moore with one each. Don Courrier and Morley Petch scored two each for the Jets with Lorne White, Bob Petch and Ross Morritts getting one each. The other half of the semiâ€"finals seems to be tinged with a definite Irish color, St. Michael‘s won the first game in Nobleton 4â€"2 and then moved into Brampton Saturâ€" day night to whip the Regents 3â€"1. Most Important Goal Is 1st One An intensive survey of proâ€" fessional and amateur hockey has substantiated the theory that the first goal is the most important one, Sports College revealed today. In 500 games, the team scoring the first goal came out on top 71 per cent of the time, the sports research and instruction service said, This percentage was found to be higher in professional and upperâ€"bracket amateur hockey than in teenâ€"age classifications, in the final chapter. Christie, Burns and Cowiesplayed well for Kitchener, with Look, Osborne and Pink being Brantford‘s best. Marlboros 2â€"Owen Sound 0 "Because this first goal has been found so important in the outâ€" come, it would appear to be & smart move to organize and practice special opening pressure plays designed to disorganize the opposition," said Lloyd ~Percival, head of the college. * The league leading Owen Sound team _ were weakened by the absence of Jim Sonoski and Danny MacDonald who were playing in the Pee Wee Maple Leaf Gardens Tournament and Marlboros were without Ashbee for the same reaâ€" son. The loss drops Owen Sound into second place.‘ In the first period Marlboros scored Sticklee from Hogan, the shot going in off an Owen Sound player‘s skate, and then again in the second period Baird Garvey made it 2â€"0 on a pass from Bill Braby. For Marlâ€" boros, Palmer, Terrell and Dempâ€" ster were best, and Mason, Nielson ‘and Clermont were outstanding for Owen Sound. ‘Hamilton 4â€"Stratford 0 â€" _ Hamilton, _ although _ without Johnson who was also in the Pee Wee Tournament shut out Stratâ€" ford and regained the league lead. In the first period Terry Hall scored twice, each time on a pass from Lorimer. Brian Robins scored once unassisted in the second period and then in the third period on a beautiful effort Murray Lorimer made it 4â€"0. For Hamilâ€" ton, Taylor, O‘Donnell and Foden helped with their fine _lay, while Muzylo, Weller and Baker were Stratford‘s best. No Senior "A" games Saturday, February 24, due to Ice Carnival, JUNIOR "A" LEAGUE The results of the three games played Saturday were as follows: Barrie 0, Marlboro 1; 5t. Kitts 0, Windsor 0; Guelph 1, Oshawa 2. In the first game Barrie and Marlboro put on a swell game and each team had numerous scoring chances on rushes, but couldn‘t put the puck into the net until late in: the third period when Stephenson of Marlboro sank the winning and only goal of the game. Shales, Harris and Broadhurst of Marlâ€" boros were trying hard all the way along with Campbell, B o y ¢® Robertson and Ella of Barrie. Windsor and St. Kitts fought to m 0â€"0 rcore in their game, which was a fast, well played game from the first whistle. Play ranged up and down the ice with the go@t keepers being tested often and really deserving of their shutouts. Time after time a player would break through only to have his effort turned aside at the goalâ€" mouth. The tie was a good inâ€" dication of play and all players tried hard with Christian, Parker, Burns and Weeks of St. Kitts ‘working well, also Britton, Neilson and Middlemas of Windsor. In the third game Oshawa conâ€" tinued their winning ways with a 21 win over Gueiph. Oshawa opened the scoring when Bull found the target in the first period. Not to be outdone, Guelph came back fast to even things up on Rowland‘s goal. In the second period neither team could gain the advantage and it wasn‘t until the last few seconds of the game that â€"Continued on page 9 ith 4 remaining in the d'-duhg. iffl.u Moore‘s apâ€" pear to have lost that mathematical chance of making the grade for a however, the present standings are good indication of what the final CCM And AVRO Battle To Draw I!g:gql_'_-gu; ]["‘ in Induatrvial I anaua Uaakau only necessary d"::flt needed is «e In Industrial League Hockey positions will be. grand style but have lost some key players and have not done well since as the standings indicate. Moore‘s haye found it very difficult to produce & winning combination due to the small number of emâ€" ployees to draw from, compared to the other firms represented in the league. However nobody can deny that they have played their hearts out and done their best. opener on Feb. 14, and the airmen really wrapped it up with a 10 to 0 shutout. It was a cleanly fought game with only one penalty to Meâ€" Phail qf Kodak in the second period. Sawyer and Thomas countâ€" ed 2 each for the airmen, with Cowick, Martel, Gilson, Hammond, Clark and Gapp adding to the healthy score. Two closelyâ€"matched teams met in the second game when CCM took on Avro. As expected it was a real hockey game, with just enough penalities to make it interesting and neither te:. 1 was able to break into any scoring rage. W. Chard opened for CCM at 1243 of the first period, with Anderson evenâ€" ing the count at 14.05. Simmons put the skatemen in the lead in the second period at 3.14. It was not until 3.14 of the third stanzi. that Brassard scored for Avro on assists from McCreary and Johnstone. 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He has every indicaâ€"|pending on your attitude toward it. tion of a big future in the hockey| Remember, March 3 Weston world, with plenty of get up and|visits Kodak for a return match, zo. w 4 ;v-d ."l‘hu‘:ow visits The third game provided the real | Weston. It a return Wradrcge Mening. After| match will be forthcoming for the sITDrIC® .»..n:‘:a.: at tha hunds | Kodakâ€"Weston â€" Beginners. Moore‘s shellacking at the hands u?n the previous week, it was }-xwud that Moffats might even make the count ; but not so, as Moore‘s battled hout, and although they lost by 8 to 0 count, on the play they deserved an even closer count. This was the penalty game of the night with no less than 7 to Moffats and 4 to Hurst, 10 of which were given in the third period when the choppers for took over. Downer scored for Moffats at 18.05 of the first, and were held scoreless until 7.05 of the third period when Downer repeated and Neil added Moffats 3rd goal. 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