Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 4, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winning fill miss tuesday january 4, 1972 19 Bianchard on Curling to whom it May concern your Dutiful and Loyal ser vant vigilante against All that is evil has been liberated from solitary confinement. The human clothes Hanger rides again. Only however after painful perseverance and Long tedious hours of deliberation there in the soft mystique candlelight of be old mortuary. The time Tunnel with All its memories or the free press Library if you really want to get tech Nical. It was experience dissecting the Skelton of 1971 strictly in the interests of tradition and a year end review of course. Now that it has been Given a decent Eulogy May it rest in peace. Arid All this time you were wondering what frustrated football writer did with his time in the month of de Cember. Among other things it is a period of great transition from the world of controlled physical violence that is football to a world of tempered politeness that is curl ing where you get a ten Yard penalty for sneering. Or for blowing your nose while other cat is in the process of delivering. So bring on the love beads and the Long red under Wear. Unless they be changed the rules the Only act of violence i la witness in the next three months is Orest me Leschuk gently Cross checking an unethical opponent for stomping through the House with his dirty boots the House is the the big 0 is a meticulous housekeeper. Frankly i Don t see Why the sweepers should be permitted to perpetrate their acts of regression with impunity. A few Subtle shoulders Here and there along with the Odd Mac go would liven things up considerably. Of course you d have to allow unlimited blocking. But it would open up the game As they say. Mind you i d want to have Moose Turnbull and Meleschuk on my Side. A the sound of a High hard one making a direct hit in the rings i remember it so Well. It can easily be con fused with the sound of Wayne Harris helmet ringing against the onrushing headgear of say a George Reed. You la just have to Bear with me while i make the transition. I Hope you la understand but my first official v act of the 1972 Curling season was to put in a person to person Call to Don Duguid out there on Parade in trans Cona. You know the City of Parks and world Curling champions. All right so Dugie is a has been. But if i recall it was the digit who once said it s better to be a has been than a the digit also told the free world that he was through chasing purple hearts that he wanted to devote some time to his wife to and the kids. Also he could t figure out a Way to grow longer arms to accommodate any More hearts. He meant it although he never really succeeded in convincing me until last night. Don Duguid two time world Champion is now a first class spare. I d give you his number but i Don t think he d appreciate it. No he insists he in t on the lineups of any of the 56 rinks who la go at it next weekend when the metro zone play towns get under Way. Hell be a Spectator though. Neither does he have any intention of entering the an Nual Mca Bonspiel. Nor the provincial seniors unless i can figure out a Way to Dye my he quipped. No there s no Way i m going in the big Bonspiel. I did t like it at the Best of times. It s too much of a grind. When you have to Start Curling three and four games in one Day it s no fun. Naturally i always used to go in it before to Sharpen up my game. Or he added. Duguid who is wrapped up in his own private Enterprise has t lost his competitive drive however. He played for Terry Braunstein an old pal in the Heather car Spiel and drove Home. He also helped his successor Dan Fink whom he admires win the Cash at Carman. Currently he s playing third for Dave roman in the Ross Mere galaxies event and is enjoying every minute. He says he s throwing and Don t doubt him for a second. But his big problem at the moment is weight. The kind that a retired curler often starts to Wear around the Middle. He says he s gained ten pounds and i m still going higher. I m fighting the hog the digit chuckled. I m like one of those jumbo jets that take a Long time to slow yes it s obvious there la be a new Champion representing Manitoba in the Brier this year although Duguid in t betting against it being three old champions with a new skip. In other words he likes the chances of Fink using All the Way with Duguid s crack rink of Rod Hunter Jim Pettapiece and Bryan Wood. Dugie said the Early troubles experienced by the Fink rink were Normal for a new team. Apparently there was some bickering and Fink was t in Complete control of the reins which is vital. The one Knock against the former Saskatchewan High school Ace is the fact he s Ultra conservative. Dugie of course was offensive minded. The name of the game was attack. Fink mind you May simply be going through a period of adjustment. Meanwhile who s leading the sportsmen s league gait goalkeeper Handcuffs Helsinki Helsinki a gait Hor nets of Ontario won a Victory 3-0 Over last place Helsinki if i the Ahearne cop hockey tournament Here monday thanks to goaltender Bert Pennington. Hie win keeps the hornets Allan cop champions in the running for the cop. The on Defeated soviet team Spartak of Moscow tops the standings with lose Points from five games ahead of Sode Tadje eight for five games an3 the wife Profete from from his teammate with Good Backich Elting and a tactical and Cool defence play in which Veteran and crowd favorite Bert Panagabko played a major role. The canadians forced the finns into poor shooting angles. In the hornets offensive two hard shooting attackers were Skeeter Tea and Bruce Reier. The scorers were Bill Hiway John Beechey and Ron Smith. Only four minor pennies were meted met doing thei game three of there against the canadians j six Raes. Helsinki s it game Ici is Mac the face. So Wofle ave. Vet be celtic maintains league Lead Glasgow up celtic edged rangers 2-1 in their tra d i t i o n a 1 new year s soccer clash monday and retained i two Point Lead in the race for the scottish league championship. Celtic bidding for its seventh straight title has 35 Points from 19 games. Aberdeen downed St. Johnstone 4-2 and is in second place with 33 Points. Rangers Are in third place with 26, but Are virtually out of the race. Jimmy Johnstone hero of celtic s 1967 european cup of champions Triumph scored the first goal monday and started celtic on the Road to Victory. A sell out crowd of packed celtic Park stadium and 24 fans were arrested out Side and inside the Low figure for this annual game which traditionally Sparks off pro basketball three key lakers Are Jerry West Wilt Chamberlain and coach Bill Sharman pressure s All on the lakers los Angeles a nobody figures los g e 1 e s lakers winning Streak will go on forever. But when will it Stop next sunday could be climactic when the hottest club in the National basketball association meets the defending Champion Bucks in Milwaukee. Two games come be tween and one fact re Mains the lakers have won 31 consecutive games a record for any professional team. Even though Wilt Chamberlain did not score a goal the lakers beat Roost big. Celtics 122-113 Sun Day night before a Capaci crowd of the ninth standing room Only copy re in 20 Laker dates at their Home forum. However the seven foot one Chamberlain cleared the boards with 17 re Bounds and started the fast break offence coach Bill Sharrigian does not know when the Streak will end but he does know that some night his team will be tired and of in its shooting. The lakers did not lose in november or december and stand 37-3. Milwaukee is 32-7, the same As last year at this Date but the Centre of attention has shifted to los Angeles. Aba new York 101, Milwaukee 99 Aba Dallas 102, Indiana 101 violence Between rival support ers. A year ago when the teams met at rangers Brox stadium 66 people were killed in a crush leaving the ground at the end. At monday s game flags flew at half Mast in memory of the Vic Tims. Thistle Trio leading pack three Kenora thistles led by Jim Robertson Are setting the individual scoring Pace in the Canadian Central hockey league. 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