Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 4, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba 18 Winnipeg free press tuesday june 4, 1968 to make wings hit not Good enough for Hunter Twenty year National hockey league Veteran Bill Gadsby became coach of the Detroit red wings yesterday to the Surprise of no one. Detroit interests tried to maintain a speculative attitude toward the appointment of a new coach by indicating that Gordie Howe was in the running for the Job. But almost everyone knew that As Long As he can stand on a pair of skates and play a respectable game Howe won t take up coaching reigns. Being a close Friend of pair often go fishing is no doubt that Howe will give his Long time Friend All the help he can in his new appointment. Meantime we wonder what Edmonton s vociferous Bill Hunter thinks about the Gadsby take Over in Detroit. Hunter controls the Edmonton franchise in the Western Junior league. Toward the end of last season he apparently was t Happy with Gadsby As a coach and got rid of him. Now Bill who was t Good enough to handle Hunter s Junior club winds up in the National league where it takes a great Deal More skill to be a Success than it does in the Western Canada Junior circuit. Gadsby s Job in Detroit is not Point to be easy. The red wings failed to make the playoffs last season mainly due to the fact that they did not have enough strength behind the Elueline. Since the season ended they have done some thing to rectify this problem by obtaining Bobby Baun in a Trade with Oakland seals. They have also added defence Man Forward Ron Harris to their line up and Hope that Carl Brewer who can return to professional hockey next Decem Ber will join the club. Brewer however has not indicated that he will Don a red Wing Jersey and is talking about coaching in Finland which he May Well do. But if Brewer does decide to return to the pro ranks Detroit s defence problems May be Over for he is a great hockey player. Difficult to understand football fans All across Canada were shocked with the news out of Stockton calif., yesterday that Ted Watkins 27-year-old-football Star with the Hamilton Tiger cats had been killed in an attempted liquor store hold up. Until his younger brother Clifford who was wounded is Able to make an official one can Only wonder Why. What would impel this Man a father of four daughters to do such a foolish thing As a member of the Hamilton team Watkins was paid Well for his services undoubtedly earning a great Deal More Money than most canadians. At 27 he could expect to earn a top salary for at least three More years. What his future would have been after his football playing Days were Over is anybody s guess. Normally he might have been Able to set something up for himself. However last Winter Ted was most outspoken on television and in newspaper interview claiming Strong racial discrimination existed in Canada. This might have damaged his image but that is something Well never know now. Meantime we can Only say that it is tragic that his end should Corne in such a Way. Because of the position he held in sport Watkins could have aided the cause of his people. Now with his death he has Only injured it. Should take a lesson Tom Saunders of the free press editorial staff says Canadian Amateur hockey should take a lesson from soccer. He explains that for a number of years the europeans and South americans who Learned soccer from the British became More proficient than their teachers and taught them a lesson through new attacking and defensive methods they devised. Now he Points out the tide Lias turned with the master learning from the Pupil As witness England s Victory in the world cup two years ago and Manchester United s Triumph Over Een fica of Portugal in the europen cup final last week. It was the first time an English eleven Ever won that Competition although Scotland s celtic did so last year. Incidentally we saw some of the action in the european cup final on television and it certainly was an exciting and thrilling match. The crowd was in a constant uproar from Start to finish. The roof on the grandstand at Wembley just about came off when Manchester scored the first of its three overtime goals. The English Side was much the Best in this one and should have won it in regulation time. And we wonder what passed through Lew Hayman s mind when he Learned that an exhibition soccer game Between Glasgow celtic and a. C. Milan Drew people in Toronto. Brewer snowed with offers Oshawa ont. Up Mer National hockey league defence Man Carl Brewer said monday night he does not know what his plans Are for next sea son because he has had too Many acceptable offers. Brewer 29, has to choose among playing for Detroit red wings in the nil becoming a player coach in Finland or re turning As coach with Muskegon of the International hockey league. He said in an interview during a sportsmen s dinner that All his prospective employers seem eager to satisfy is demands. When i talked to Helsinki and told them How much i would want to go to Finland they agreed right away. Muske gon also said they wanted me Back and i really enjoy playing Brewer said he has t talked to Detroit about contract terms and i m kind of afraid to in Case they might agree. Then i would t know what to Brewer retired from the nil after the 1965-66 season. He was reinstated As an Amateur and has played with the Canadian National team and Muskegon. His professional rights were traded to Detroit by Toronto Maple Leafs last february and he is eligible to play in the nil again dec. 1. A total of 96 sports personalities were at the dinner which was sponsored by the Oshawa Green Gael Junior Lacrosse team. Proceeds will go to Oshawa s minor Lacrosse program. The featured guests were Man age a coach Wren Blair of Minnesota North stars of the nil and Harry Sindhu coach of the nil Boston Bruins. Kingsberry club features grudge Golden boy and Bob Jones will meet in a grudge match that will be the main event of Kingsberry . Weekly wrest Ling card held at 1130 Wall St. Every tuesday . Each of them has been confident enough to a Bond with a Winner take All understanding. The Semi final pits Don Martel and the wild Frenchman against Guy Vinci and Tony condello. The special will have bad boy Muir against Dave Gobel and opener features Dominic Duval against chief Warcloud. Detroit Cap Bill Gadsby whose name never was engraved on the Stanley cup in 20 years As a National hockey league player is Back to try again As a coach. Gadsby confirmed Long stand ing rumours of his return Mon Day when he accepted the Job As Bench Boss of Detroit red wings from Sid Abel. Abel retained general Mana Ger ship of the wings giving up the position of coach to one of Only five men who lasted two decades in the big time. It was an informal return and neither Bill nor club president Bruce Norris would disclose terms. I do not believe in con Norris said. I m Happy and Bill is Satis Gadsby played eight years with Chicago Black Hawks seven with new York rangers and five with Detroit retiring after the 1965-c6 season. He turned Down opportunities to coach Detroit farm clubs in Pittsburgh and Memphis to coach the Junior Edmonton Oil Kings and carry on a flourish ing insurance business. The red wings never the same rugged club defensively after Gadsby left kept trying to lure Back the big rearguard As a player Gadsby 42, in his 20 years in the nil spent hours in the penalty Box second highest in nil history. He said monday hitting hockey is the kind he in tends to coach. Saying he bad not seen too Many bodies flying last sea Gadsby added going to defensive Effort. When the forwards can come up the ice against you with their Heads Down then you re in Trou demonstrated How much trouble last season the second highest scoring club in the nil they missed the stand Ley cup playoffs. Norris said the wings never sign written contracts with top management. Bill Gadsby if we did not want Bill or he did not want us we would both like to be he said. More Trade talk flew about tie wings monday and was quickly denied. Abel said there was no truth to the Rumor that Detroit would Trade Frank Mahovlich to Mont real canadians for Henri Rich Ard Dick Duff and Ted Harris. Gadsby said he has no plans for trades. Nobody s on the blacklist. We have nothing in the wind but if somebody comes to us Well the Only players other than Gadsby to last 20 years in the nil Are Dit Clapper of Boston Bruins Gordie Howe of Detroit and Allan Stanley and red Kelly of Toronto. Clapper s career extended from the 1920s into the 1940s Howe is still playing As is Stan Ley. Kelly quit last year to be come coach of los Angeles Kings of the Western division. Official opening mayor c. K. Tallin of Tuxedo bowls the Silver Jack to officially open the Tuxedo Lawn bowl ing greens monday. Club president Charles Wilson looks on. The club is located on Corydon and Grenfell blvd. British golfers Surprise As Amateur tourney opens from a Reuters Troon Scotland up a Mammoth . Contingent took an unexpected battering from British players in the first round of the British Amateur Golf championship Here Mon Day. Eleven. . Entrants were knocked out in first round play and 12 moved into the second round to be played today Over troop s Par Vancouver Amateur who won links. Sixteen other . Players will play their first round today in an Effort to retain the title won by Bob Dickson of the . Last year. Dickson now is a professional. A total of 236 golfers Are vying for the title in the tournament that began in Hoylake England in 1885. The British Columbia open in 1967, is among the entrants. He is to play his first round today. Another Surprise monday came from Findlay Black 33, a scottish International who Defeated by three and two seeded player Gordon Clark o f eng land Winner of the title in 1964. Warren Vanderbush of Clos Jolany Johnston 43-year-old i Ter n.j., brought off a mild two cars rolled9 As rally continues by Gordon Grant fort William out. Up Pardy Hopkirk of Ireland led the Cross Canada rally Here monday night but he May be disqualified because an addition Al Radiator has been mounted on the front bumper of his mini Cooper. Hopkirk arrived Here from Regina with four Points after losing Only one on the Clay s from the Queen s City. In the first two stages of the rally Hopkirk had problems with his engine overheating. After leaving Regina the new Radiator was installed to give the engine greater Cooling Power. Whether this move is in accordance with rallying regu lations is not Clear. Bally organizer Jim Gunn held a meeting with Robin Wright Stewart for the Cana Dian automobile. Sport clubs governing body of motor sport in Canada. The two heard from British motor holding sponsors of the mini Cooper and could not arrive at a decision As to the Radiator s legality. Gunn said he would phone the Paris Headquarters of the fed e r i o n internationale Cle 1 automobiles me world govern ing body of motor sport for an interpretation of the Rule Cov ering additions to cars. Scott Harvey of Detroit in a Barracuda was second with eight Points while Paul Mac leu Nan of Toronto in a rambler american was third with 16 Points. Harvey and Maclennan both had rides on the route monday which included two special Speed sections. Maclennan drove one nine mile stretch with a Flat rear tire hitting speeds up to 75 Miles an hour. Early in the Day the Quappelle Valley in Saskatchewan gave Drivers their roughest test since the cars left Calgary saturday night. Two cars rolled Over in mud while others got lost after Chil Dren apparently turned directional arrows around. Early monday a. Renault driven by John Cross of London out and Charles Mclaren of Toronto rolled Over and was demolished in the Valley. Tony fall of England and Denis Jolson of Montreal in an Austin 1800 rolled their car but got it Back on its wheels and continued on the route. There were no injuries in either Acci Dent at the end of the Valley some directional arrows were changed and Many rally its went on a Detour which took them Miles off course. After talking with Drivers at the Winnipeg lunch Stop rally organizer Jim Gunn said there would be no penalties for that Section pending a Check with officials on the rally route about the sign changes. Surprise Early in the Day by defeating Mike Burgess an eng Lish International player two and one. Mark Mccormack of Cleve land who manages top world golfers such As Arnold Palmer Jack Nicklaus and Gary player stormed into the second round with a 6 and 5 Victory Over Peter Snodgrass of England. At the end of the round Mccormack said i got a Cable from. Gary which said that if i reached the final he would come Over and Caddy for he was joking of since the . Open Champion ship starts next week. Peter Jacobi of new York was one of the late starters and managed to beat Peter Bryce of Scotland one up. Vaseline balls replacing spit los Angeles a manager Herman Franks of san Francisco giants charges Many National league pitch ers Are substituting grease for spit in doctoring baseballs. Franks Calls them vaseline balls and declared All three los Angeles dodger pitchers his club faced during the weekend threw them. I never saw so Many Guys with vaseline in their plastered said Franks after his club had beaten the dodgers 5-1 sunday. Hilton leads Rouge curlers Ken Hilton was elected president of the fort Rouge Curling club at a meeting held recently in the clubroom. Other members of the executive for the clubs fiftieth anniversary Are Jack Smith first vice president Hal Pullin second vice president Harry Scott Secretary and Doug Speakman treasurer. The directors for the year Are Jim Barrie Jim Bone Jim Campbell Gordon Gillespie Archie Hardie Len Johansson Neil Peckover Claude Reid Bob Strachan and Jim William son. The first club event is Satur Day when the curlers go golfing at Minaki. A full bus Load will leave at 8 . Under the new rules As Long As a Pitcher does t go to his Mouth he can go any place he wants. I be seen Caps stopped with vaseline. Pitchers keep it any place on their wrists on their foreheads behind their ears. Anybody can throw it and it Only takes a dab. We be seen it All this sea son but now we see it More and More. I d say Between 20 and 30 Are using the san Francisco manager said the dodgers Don Drys Clale had substituted grease for spit. He had one of the finer spitters and now he has this. He s More effective because he throws Franks said the league should investigate immediately and bring a halt to Ille Gal doctoring. Wynn s pocket much lighter Houston a failure to run hard has Cost Houston astros outfielder Jim Wynn manager Grady Hatton fined Wynn after he said Wynn did t run hard to second base when he hit a double in the first in Ning of sunday s National league baseball game against Chicago cubs. The cubs won 3-2 in 12 innings. Calgary born Gadsby has had an exciting life. He was visiting in England in 1939 with his Mother when War broke out. Their ship the Athenia was sunk i the North Atlantic and the Gadsby spent five hours in a Lifeboat. He went from Junior hockey to Kansas City of the old United states league and the same sea up to the Black Hawks. In 1952 he was Chicago Captain and was felled by polio. After i beat that polio he once said i knew every thing else that Ever happened to Northwood wins Northwood Defeated St. James 16-2 in a midget Lacrosse league game Over the weekend. John Bednarski paced the winners with five goals. Other scorers were Ted Gervais Bob Lameroux Terry Bowe lome Gair and Jack Marquardson me would be pure with Pete Conacher Gadsby was traded to rangers for Allan Stanley Nick Mickoski. And Richard Lamoureux in 1954 in 1961, rangers dealt him to de troit for Leslie Hunt. Gadsby apparently reached an informal agreement with red wings on salary and other aspects of his new Job. Bruce Norris wings presi Dent said i do not believe in contracts. I m Happy and Bill is leasing Pontiac bricks acadians trucks Contact or. Norm Granger Park Pontiac Buick 1290 main St. Pm. 586-8211 hard to find models 67 Mustang v8, a.t., p.s., . Console. Wide Oval Only 66 Impala super sport convertible v8, a.t., p.5., ., Echo Mcatur 66 Pontiac convertible. Is a.i., p.s., ., radio Only 66 meteor 2 or. He. Top is p.s., "., a.t., radio. Only 67 galaxies 500. 2 or. He. Top is a.t., p.s., ., radio. As new. Only 1. 65 Pontiac super sport. 2 dr., he. Top is a.t., console bucket seats. Only i 66 Pontiac he. 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