Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 29, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1968 Ken Clapham Dannies Triumph by John Down it have come As a but a majority of Schoolboy Curling supporters were left gasping saturday at Highlander when Ken Clapham and his Daniel Mclntyre Cap lured the Manitoba Champion with his team of Jim Sproule Tom will and Wayne battled through the five game playoffs without a defeat to win the Victor Sifton trophy and earn a trip to the Canadian classic at port Arthur next Sproule and will were members of last years Manitoba championship rink when it was skipped by kens older brother Brian to a second place finish behind Kenny would like to prove mixers win twice on weekend grand Forks mixers scored two weekend victories in the Manitoba senior hockey league to move within four Points of leading Selkirk taking advantage of Home ice throttled fishermen 71 and capped the weekend by edging third place Warroad lakers 43 sunday at whose Only goal was scored by lome Bodanski late in the third have 22 on the other Lead lakers Fay seven Points and Boniface mohawks Are in last place with just seven Don Bamburak paced mixers saturday with two while singles were added by Tom John Bill Gus Holmes and Dale Bodanski spoiled Brian Harp ers bid for a shutout at of the final the mixer goalie turned aside 31 while Ron Gross handled 33 shots in Selkirk Lesyshyn and Wilms scored two goals each As mixers overcame a first period 21 deficit to Lead 32 after the second Al Harry Bueckert and Doug Overton shared lakers to Brian Hes a better skip in game of the round Robin and National to the Manitoba final by the time they faced was no easy task for Clapham and but once they attained their experience and Confidence were locked straight knockout together into an overpowering j in the found himself the game was in the bag after j thought Paquin had no business two j getting As far As he in the who stole five Points in an 85 Triumph Over Johnston Brian Paquin of Clapham stole two Points on who scored one of the major each of the first two and a upsets of the Day by sidelining favorite Jimmy Johnston of conceded a 104 defeat to Clapham after nine ends of clash with a 78 per cent the j enabling his rink to an Overall there was no denying the j percentage of Paquin and flashy who seemed to i Vic skip Brian Johnston were miss less and less with each i Best in the losing cause with 56 group b the Glen lawns scored five on the ninth to upset rink i Friday in round Robin hostilities Ritchie was i when Clapham buried draw no he had earlier banged out a six end Victory Over Jamie Mctavish of Miles Macdonnel in the group d per cent each As the averaged 51 per a lot of people shot on the Edge of the Button against Brian Jackson of Vin cent Massey to capture group c the Victory seemed to tighten on the receiving end when not to mention Darryl Andrews of Forrest the Bonds among the four Points with exciting Button biting draws and Clapham took the Lead for the first time on the seventh 5 but slipped behind 65 when Ritchie doubled on the Ritchie stole a single on the Clapham rebounded with a second end for a 20 Lead when Deuce and the game appeared the rout of i they knew their Cap Clapham Trevy baby weight to i destined for overtime As Ritchie i abilities and didst mind the Virden Sandy Hitchie almost i underdog role it was game clinching triple on the proved to be an insurmountable i just a matter of getting their Clapham was top curler in the miss a wide open takeout on the trailed 76 coming Home with Wing it became evident As the game progressed last it even looked like lady hurdle for the Daniel macs in own which they did that Clapham could break it Luck was going to Lead semifinal but Clapham through exceptionally steady open at any Clapham on the 10th when Clapham made the takeout and rested partially in the eight rather than risk rolling out of the House with a takeout Ritchie decided to but he wound up inches shot of the Day belonged to who on the sixth end against Johnston ran an extremely narrow port to make a last Rock takeout for a and Sproule out curled their i counterparts on the final end to preserve an 86 turning Point for the Cham pions probably came about the Clapha Ritchie clash had the most intense following when it became apparent that the Daniel macs never registered their big end As Ritchie maintained his coolness under the gun to Rob his Johnston and friends were opponents of at least three Ardron burned kens first Rock guard of eliminated the Daniel the shot seemed to Daze the Johnston Crew As a steal appeared a they recover As Dakota third Regina up comets used the Sharp shooting of Williams and the rebounding of Phil Tolles roup saturday to win the Luther invitational basketball tournament with a 5346 Triumph Over Regina Sheldon Williams spar third place in the tournament went to Winnipeg Dakota Lan cers who Defeated Regina Luther Lions the Consolation event was won by Regina Campion mar who nudged Winnipeg Daniel Mclntyre maroons Mac shot but rolled a foot p in stole two on the seventh and a half too far for a to further downgrade and put the game away with another steal of two on the ninth group b playoff Brian Gle Lawn Darryl Forrest 9 croup o playoff Sandy Virden Jamie my Miles Macdonnel 1 provincial Johnston 002 010 000 5 Paquin 020 10 202 8 Clapham Ritchie 001 020 202 8 110 101 020 Ken Clapham skip Jim Sproule third Tom will second Wayne Ardron Lead Al stars provide severe test canadians nip Wensien University of Winnipeg hockey coach Billy Johnson got a few More Grey hairs his Westmen were beaten by James and extended their string of games without a win to although the Westmen peppered Canadian goalie Al Loewen with 46 the red Light blinked Only three the teams traded goals in the opening period As Greg Meikle for Westmen and Fred i Bunney for the second period ended although the Westmen out shot the disorganized 21 Syd Rogers gave the Wensien a Short lived but Ron blowers came Back to knot the score with a goal at the canadians broke the game wide open in the third stanza by scoring two goals in the first 10 both by Brock Mccon Mcconachy scored his first goal at the 10second by Bob Hainstock a not so funny thing happened on the Way to the 1968 olympics c a n a d a s National hockey team almost had its authority for making the trip hoisted in front guilty of Light in4this would be the Western Canada Junior hockey league after owning a one goal Lead in three separate the juniors Suc Cumber to justices As the nation als swept to a delayed 87 j Junior in All except two for came from the Sticks of Western Canada the finder pack was again the most effective line on the ice for composed of Junior aged Herb and Gerry finder the Junior graduate Steve the speedy combination scored three of the final four nats but just As said Herb no goals were scored when our line was Youthful Pride was evident nats leave for the 1968 when he not Only olympics in Grenoble at 6 it was the Al stars who appeared to be gunning for that after trailing 42 in the first they outscored the nats 21 in the second and held the to a 3 3 tie in the played under International the contest was strictly Hargreaves but we Haven had a goal i scored against us in the last three which included the and the Eastern lets Hope we can keep it going for other Western Canada products to score for the winners were fran Huck with Ted Morris Ray Cadieux and Monteith represented Eastern Canada in the Reg Leach of flin and Reg Bechtold of Moose each connected twice for the Jim be Zelock of Winnipeg Cal Swensen of flin flon and Ron Gar Wasiuk of Regina added jets Host Brandon wheat Kings tonight at at the Winnipeg National coach Jack Mcleod said after the game the score had climbed higher than expect although the margin was Competition was very he but i thought we were too Loose in our own the goal ending in both nets was certainly even though that Many goals were he added that the game was the Best of the three Natow Cuhl meetings this the juniors won the first game in Brandon and Canada the second in Mcleod said he was certainly hopeful of the finder line when the team goes into olympic there throwing that puck around real Well out there and seem to be making the right they Are certainly ambitious enough to show Well while fran Huck and Roger who is Back after missing several games with a separated played their usually Brilliant several Al stars came up with equally sparkling Ken Brown of Moose jaw kept the juniors within striking Dis Tance throughout the game with flawless defence Man Jim Pritchard of Winnipeg in blocking almost As Many shots As was a standout two Way Bob Clarke and Reg Leach of flin flon left no doubt As to Why they Are presently running one two in the we jul scoring Short notes the shameful turnout for nats sendoff saw an excellent hockey game mainly because the juniors were surprisingly not through Talent but through Effort in the crowds allegiance shifted noticeably in the final period when Al stars twice broke into the Lead referees Lou Joy Ali and Gordie Kerr called five penalties to each each club had two goals scored against it via the Power play Brown blocked a total of 31 shots for while Wayne Stephenson and Ken Broderick handled 21 for nats jets begin a three game stretch at Home tonight when they attempt to halt a fou game losing Streak after playing bran Don jets meet Estevan Bruins wednesday and Regina pats have fun win Money play scor0 of All Winnipeg jets hockey games summary first period Leach Swenson 47 Canada Omalley Cadieux Matt har Greaves Macmillan Huck Mackenzie Bechtold Jacobson penalties Glennie Birdsell Macmillan Oshea second period Swen son Clarke Ponder Monteith Bechtold Paten aude penalties Birdsell Dineen Swenson third period Leach Swenson Gar Wasiuk Monteith Glennie All be Zelock Smith Pinder Pinder Mott bout Mackenzie penalties Mackenzie Smith Pritchard shots on Coal by Al 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