Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 29, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba 20 Winnipeg free january 1968 up to publish opening draws for the Benefit of both curlers and the free press will once again publish the opening draw in the premiere Birks event of the 80th annual Manitoba Curling association Bon the Birks will be featured on thursdays opening two draws at 6 and 9 at a Field of 496 rinks begins play in the popular annual the major Eaton event gets under Way the eight semifinalists of the two majors receive berths in the British Consols at the opening nights draw will appear in the free press either tuesday or depending when draw master Jimmy Wishart get it Friday and saturdays draw times Are following the annual Church the curlers will be Busy at mondays schedule will be the same As fridays and on tuesday the fou Raday schedule will be in with draws at 9l245 the same times apply leading up to the finals in All events in the Deblonde tops Morden event Morden special since Elmwood Ross busted Ted gaining official recognition when Bloomer of Charleswood 64 and Spiel entry flirts with 500 Mark by Don Blanchard i perfect i Wood Drew out the first tag to j reflected in the 1968 entry launch the Mca the great race has which equals the third largest president Bruce Hudson also already been Field in Bonspiel history is the took part in the annual everything else is going to i fact that out town interest seem Anticlimactic after the continued to if Ever so latest mad scramble to beat the Bonspiel an awesome flourish which saw 311 rinks Register in the last 36 hours has produced an official Field for the 80th annual Manitoba Curling association which gets under Way next thursday j in All a More workable number of 496 rinks j same As last year will go to the draw master Jim Wishart will accept up to six Post entries to round out lie in a similar situation last this 0 u t o mown representation numbers Only 112 Down Hie improved City entry of 378 rinks took up the the staggering last minute Rush this year was one of the most hectic in first out of the bucket was Wayne Johnsons Deer Lodge draw master Wishart have 136 sheets of ice at his j Consols at 121 the Bonspiel is geared to accommodate 530540 will be confined to the premiere Birks with draws at 6 and 9 the other major the gets rolling Friday at 9 and rinks reaching the semifinals of either the two major events will receive berths in the British in there Are 13 so no problems Are expected with the 1968 eighty years ago the grand Pic jct Lac lit 111siui v f j a o heading into wit Toal of up that wac to Hon amp an an noon sunday the the entry was lagging to the tune of 42 compared with a corresponding Date last what to become an annual some Mca were mildly disappointed that this years entry failed to reach he was seeded 2 in metro Winnipeg this Clare de blonde has been jealously guard ing his the methodical skip of the Heather family rink added another Feather to his Cap sunday by winning the annual Morden Allstar Deblonde Defeated defending Champion Howie Sager of mor Den in the to wrap up the first prize Money and the Molson it was the sixth straight including three in the straight eight rink playoffs for who already has a berth sewed up in the British Consols play Downs at Brandon 1217 for the Manitoba the Morden win also served As a measure of revenge for clares loss to Lyle Henry of Strathcona two years ago in the final of the Allstar were third Len second Gary his and father Gerry j the Sagers also Are a family with skip Howie backed by Brothers Gord at third and Don at with Jack Duncan at its basically the same rink which has monopolized the elks and performed Well in zone play in the thed defending champions picked up s200 for finishing third and fourth place Money of went to Harold Tanasichuk of Winnipeg civic Caley and Gary Ross of car Sager sidelined Ross 64 in the it was first Home the two rinks had Ever despite the fact Treyve been involved in Many Bonspiel a one of the reasons is that they Are in different despite being relative stopped the Surprise rink in the event this 95 in the other Tanasichuk knocked out some of the prov Deblonde eliminated Rich Bloom of Charleswood going into the in the the smooth Curling Deblonde rink took charge from the picking up a single on the first and stealing deuces on the second and while Howie Sager experienced difficulty finding draw Sager was heavy with a draw facing two Heather stones on the then rubbed a guard with his last Rock of the Sager made a angular takeout to count three on the fourth to reduce the deficit i to Deblonde scored j pairs on the fifth and seventh and won going line score even larger even at noon rinks i most of their optimism were still checking in and i been Wishart had no problem i causing minor1 filling out the i problems As Mca officials tried he is working on a to prepare the the Ideal of 512 a figure the Bonspiel j the has been flirting with the past Dominion Curling association the same format will be used two this makes for a president Bill Lumsden of Elmi this play thursday night had based on the unqualified Success of the 1967 Stream lined event which featured a j thursday night Start for the the final figure fluctuated i first with Headquarters at from 489 to 492 in the final ten j the International inn instead of Deblonde Sager 122 020 210 000 301 002 6 dim lops remain unbeaten Andrews Dunlop Are still and in a Winnipeg Mercury still have a perfect Dunlop walloped Mercury 11053 sunday in the greater Winnipeg senior a mens basketball league for their 12th straight win without a loss this for on the other it was their 13th straight loss without a win or with of Manitoba coach Darwin se1 Motiuk in uniform for the time this roared to a commanding 5317 halftime even the presence of coach Harvey Lipkin in togs in the second half lift the although Lippy j scoring Leader Les Kaehler padded his individual Lead with 24 More Frank Clarke had his Best Outing of the Fred Ingaldson Cliff Stark 13 before he fouled out and Dave Mills Rookie Bob Milne was tops in j the losing cause with while Bill Moody added 13 and Alj Manly Dunlop were assessed 27 personal with Bob Allen also fouling Mercury earned 17 three of them next league action is thurs Day night at Tec voc at when Dunlop play second place Winnipeg Madison have 12 counting the grand plus seniors and veterans com the finals in All events will be played one new the Paulin will be introduced this it replaces the new York life which has been front rings All seven metro zone winners Are using the Spiel As a final tuneup for the British Consols they Are Barry Fry of Bob Maple Rick John Hanes Mike Riley and Clare and Terry Granite out town zone winners such As Wayne Morrow of Melita and Brandon Gerry Mackay Are using the Spiel for the same although Mackay has a different roster Howard Pappy Wood made things official by checking in saturday for his 61st consecutive Bonspiel is Only Given credit for Howe since he was never officially entered in his first one Rossmere topped the City entry with 31 representatives Portage la Prairie has in creased representation with five including Barry Greenslade and Harold Painter Grant Smith is the Only chaplains entry competitive Curling not was norms Curt reply when asked Why he was passing up the Bonspiel Houck said the Elm Woods simply Haven been Curling Well enough to warrant the time off to join the Hunt for a Consols berth we had agreed to try to make through the Gimli or forget about Houck explained they knocked out in the fours Rumor has it that Houcks third Jim Ursel and second Gene Walker Are vital bound Lead Bob Hazel is Curling with Bill Mctavish in the Bonspiel some of the name rinks from out town in the Chase Are Ted Bridget of Howie Sager of Bill Sharpe of Gary Ross of rumours that the Norm Houck Johnny who now curls rink from Elmwood is breaking j out of the Pinawa Morrow up at the end of the year Are j and Mackay the latter two looking More like truths these i and Sharpe Are still shutout As Days who is not entered in the intimated that Hes through with far As the Brandon Consols Are concerned it should be Mckay just misses sweep in Brandon special Gerry Mackay of the Brandon Golf and country club was thwarted sunday in his bid to be come the first Man to win both major events in Brandon mens Bonspiel since Clyde Allan turned of his Lone loss came at the hands of Frank Bird of the bran Don Curling club in the final of the Batons tied at 44 at the end of Bird got one in the then stole singles in the ninth and 10th ends Winnipeg Granite turned the to trick in Bird gained his spot in the i but Mackay still managed to j nals with a win Over club mate win the one major the j Eldon while Mackay Macarthur for the second consecutive and the aggregate with 12 wins against one stopped Danny Heyrich of Bel Mackay bounced Back to Stop Walton sets Mark 18 records fall in swim classic Surprise Mca president Bruce registers obvious Surprise Over the number of tags in the official draw bucket for the 80th annual Manitoba a Las minute flurry saw 311 rinks enter in the last 36 hours to assuring an entry of at least 490 rinks for the annual Jyh ats do a president Bill Lumsden of on Hudson Bruce expressed himself As being pleased with the which matched last years Knudson Well up a Billy resisting a Chal Lenge by Arnold Palmer on the closing steamed in to Cap Ture the 42nd annual los Angeles open Golf tournament firing a Safe two underpay 69 for a 72hole total of 10 strokes under who took up the Pur inces top including Mani Tous Bill he Defeated Sharpe 74 in the first round of the playoffs among the eight qualifiers from the original Field of 32 Sager trimmed Bob Wright of Roughieh fatten Bank Book Regina up the Saskatchewan roughriders annual meeting was told sunday the football club showed a net profit for the year of More than largest in the clubs club treasurer Bill Clarke said the profit meant the roughriders would be Able to contribute to a Western football conference Gate equalization fund after receiving funds in every preceding Clarke said More than was earned on the football lion and the remainder came diversity of Manitoba Bisonette won Many major from projects such As the 6138 saturday in Western open twice plate the club now has collegiate women s was los first Lam Man m with 13 the is angles Drassic which i was played for the first time on Pasadena Brookside municipal the Victory was Worth to the California while Palmer earned and the lean Geiberger i Casper toured Brookside 021 Par in an Billy Casper resists palmers late surge by con Way Daly Edmonton up a United states age class swim Ming record and 17 native Ca Nadian Marks fell As the United states dominated Canada at the 15th annual Canadia american invitational dual swim the 63member team outclassed Canada 593 Points to 286 in the today event which ended the meet is for students below the College Keith of Roches and Debbie of won 11 Favreau broke a age class record for 200pard individual Medley swimming with a time of just five tenths of a second better than the pre Vious the Mark was the Only Standard to the team also surpassed 32 Canadian open age class re Richard Bower of coach of the said that world records Are not kept for swim events calculated Gord Mcgunigal of Shilo in the final of the Macarthur by steal ing two on the final end for a 97 since Mackay and Bird were both ineligible to win the Consols Mcgunigal got it and will return to Brandon next month for the Mackay Defeated club mate Don Calgary in the fours of and Mcgunigal sidelined Ron Westcott of Brandon nets Kreager of Defeated Mert Bray of the country to win the secondary Frank Lawson and sons Kreager halted Mel Logan of Carroll in the fours while Bray dumped club mate Jack in the other secondary Bill Thomas of the Brandon club sidelined Bill Hopper of cart in Wright in the then won but that Favreaux age Ever swam that Over Ward coi Iyer of Theroun try club in the final of the uni cume storage Collyer got his berth in the final with a win distance faster in the Anne Walton of Winnipeg j clocked to win the 200yard Over one Lavatts backstroke for girls 15 to the i Dennis Heeney of Drew previous Mark was to the Button with his last Stone Canada has won the Amateur to win the tertiary Royality oils event with a 76 win Over Jack Heeney top of Neepawa meet in 1954 and team scoring gives five Points i of for a first three for a two for a third and one for in fours while Fraser upset atom fun a 120pounder who 12 behind suit of Casper when Al Geiber Gers threat began to Fin i shed second with a 69 for and Geiberger had to Settle for i third with 72 for George Knudson of i who had a 72 shot a Bisonette lose two University of British Colum Bia Thunder ettes trounced uni against palmers and Geiberger disappointing 3735 Casper started the round one stroke in front of Geiberger and John Schlee got into the scene sat urday with a spectacular 65 and went on to finish with a 74 in the final round for at the outset it appeared to be a head Ohead confrontation Between Casper and when he went on Over Par on the Parlour fourth and Casper got a which put him two strokes in Palmer managed to get Only one Birdie on the front but then he began to pick up to bagging birdies on i 12 and on the Palmer almost scored an Eagle three when his approach landed a Mere foot from the Caspers Best previous Effort who played in the same three at this tournament was third in a has timely since the age of won the 200yard free 100yard free 100yard 100yard Butterfly and 50yard miss Burton won the 200yard free 200yard 100yard free 100yard Butterfly and 50yard free Jane Wright of Toronto set four Canadian records for girls 11 to 12 years and Pat maj Closkey of Edmonton set three native records for boys 11 to 12 miss Wright set records in the 50 and 100yard 200yard individual Medley and 50yard free and my Ralph Nye of the country Ernie Hilton of the country whipped Tom Richardson of the Brandon club 93 in eight ends to win the Donovan event after halting Don Cameron of the Brandon in the Garth Strachan of Hamiota was the Only Man to win two events in the Bonspiel As he swept both Consolation the curly Mackay and sons and the Imperial in the Mackay he downed Young Dean Boyd of Brandon in the then dumped Doug of 114 in nine in the Imperial he Defeated Keith Murray of Lyleton in the final after he dumped Closkey the 100 and 200yard j Wright of in the free and 100yard Backst there were 116 rinks in the we Klong jets to test new wheaties some with Tom Geiberger pulled even with it was his first Victory in the United states since he won 70 sunday to finish at 283 in a Casper on the third Hole but fell i deadlock with Gardner Dickin son and Miller the 30yearold Casper has an accumulated surplus of Gross Revenue from All and Janet with led sources last year was i the West coast team to the he said that average attend ubic led 3215 at dance at Home games neared and justified increasing the i Manitoba top scorer was sealing capacity of Taylor j Maureen Dowds with Clarke was elected president of j Addie Reyngach followed with of the succeeding Don Mac seven i who was made an Hon ubic beat Manitoba 7137 ovary life Friday hockey National hockey team Canadas departs for Europe and the 1948 olympics in Winnipeg i Western Junior Winnipeg jets Brandon wheat 8 win almost casual As Nipes in i u1i us Nadian open in Montreal the 1967 world Golf Champion ship at near Toron at the Halfway Point of Sun Days Casper held a Lead of three stroke Over Geiberger and four Over Schlee was tied at 280 with Dave who had a and George with a Dave was alone at and Ray and Lee tied at i Felt Good All Casper 1 want nervous or Wor ried All Doug Wescott who won the Manitoba mens singles Champion ship at the Winnipeg Squash Roques club defeating Michael Nesbitt three games to two in the res one of the Best Squash Roques players to come out of the province in the past few won the first game then fell behind 915 in the came Back 159 in the lost the fourth 1417 and it All in the fifth with a 1511 we jul Roundup with coach Buster Brayshaw behind the Bench for the first time since signing with Brandon Winnipeg i each have 50 flin flows Cal among the top 10 individual scor ing leaders in the led wheat Kings scored two j the bombers Victory with three third period goals to upset Craig Reichmuth added Wilde Woodro sweeps Badminton tourney any doubt remaining after fridays semifinal round in the City and District Badminton championships As to who is the j top exponent of the Racquet sport in Manitoba was quickly dispelled in the final events played saturday at the Wilde Wood club As pal j wild Woods own captured the mens singles and Only briefly in the first games of the singles and doubles did the opposition put up any real in the mens singles Jack Johnstons Fine Allaround play made the hard fought first i game interesting and reasonable i close at but chaw last along with partners Marj Pink consistent pressure was too and Jack the mixed much for Johnston As he ran Taliej doubles and mens doubles j score to 153 in the second j i i Chawla and Johnston then teamed up to turn Back Wilde Wood club mates Dave and Cam Thompson in two convincing Here again the Thompsons kept within reach in the first but hinted badly in the chaw Las third title with ample assistance Cut out for him in squeezing past shrewd Larry Ladyman 15 in a grimly fought contest in which Blarney and Ladyman held the Lead most of the the second went As All others with Chawla and Pink running out a lopsided came i 153 from j the ladies singles Between partner Marj Downing j Susan Latournerie and Joy Connie Blarney and Larry la Knudson developed into a tre Dyman in two straight Mendouse struggle when Wilde this time Chawla had his work Woods Latournerie came Back from a first game 110 White washing to squeeze out a close 119 win in the second and then go on to a spin tingling extra Points 1210 Victory in the deciding Knudson and Latournerie met again in the ladies doubles with Joy Knudson gaining a measure i Gina pats 53 in Brandon Satur the eight place wheat Kings meet fifth place Winnipeg jets tonight at the Winnipeg game tune is 8 Ray Brownlee tallied twice for single were added by Jack Chuck Kelner and Bob Regina scores came from Ken Ron Gar Wasiuk and Laurie the three top clubs in the Wes Tern Canada Junior hockey Lea gue added two Points each to their totals during weekend games to Widen the Gap Over the other clubs in the 11member firs place flin flon bombers have 76 Points after Blank ing Saskatoon Blades 70 Satur Day in flin the Victory also gave net minder Chris Wor thy his in Jill shutout of the sea Estevan Bruins Are 11 Points off the bombers Pace with 65 three game Barry Ursell expressed Manitoba Badminton Assoc a Lions pleasure at the Quality of play throughout the tournament and indicated that with a 65 Victory Over cellar further improvement would dwelling Calgary Centennial be show itself at the time of therefore Calgary the two goals and singles came from red Leach and Bob i Clarke and Leach hold first and j second place respectively in in 1 div dual in Jim Harrison scor i de two goals for the the others were single from Dale j Ernie Greg Sheppard and Roy Leroy Watt tallied for Swift cur Edmonton Victory in Calgary was paced by Ron Walters and Jim each with two Kerry Ketter and Bob Maneeley collected Edmon ton also collected nine of 14 penalties Brian Spencer picked up two goals for Brian Alan Rycroft and Jerry Wright scored Rinaldi is six seconds slow Zell am see of revenge when she teamed 7 i Centennial have 17 with Judy Peake to defeat championships which fourth face Moose jaw can Susan Latournerie and Mcdiarmid in another Points the last two coming from i a 71 win sunday Over Swift cd rent Broncos before Este Frances Patrick Russell today 1c Van i won the slalom event of Thein in the other league game Sunter National three piste skiing High Lav third place Edmonton Oil j Competition in this austrian Kings extended their Points tally defeating top austrian to two less than skiers Herbert and Heini the opening downhill race Friday was won by Italy Ger Ardo Gerry Rinaldi of Ann will get under Way late in sucks have 54 Points and Regina was 13th today in grim pats Are tied in fifth place with i the winning time was n ii ;