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by CPL. DARRELL EAGLES (RCAI-It most Canadian sports- settling into a balmy of baseball and swim- ming. the CAP boys at Resolute 11”). N. W. . will still be sweep- me away on the World's northern- nta.-I curling rink. about 2200 nil- iw north of Montreal. Boasting the oiiccst curling season anywhere tll llilllIl'3I ice. enthusiasts will he ihlc to curl nine months of the rtvnr at this Arctic wcallier sta- tion. Just 900 miles iroiii the Pole. llenilicrs of this unique ciirlinll t'IllIl have enthusiasm too. which is very helpful. since the rink is situated in an unheated canvas qiituisct hut in which the tempera- liire is practically e same as oiiitioors. To cope with the cold. irhicli has dropped as low as 46 tleitrees below zero during a naiiie. the standard curling costume tis- titilly consists of IlCl'.l'lI)' llneil par- ka. windpants and flying boots. ii ti-re uere only two experienc- .-a riirlcrs on hand when the rink this started Ill llcceiiiber 1935, Col ll. Brien of Calgary and Cpl. R lit-Qiiarrie of Cold Lake This tiuiiiii prove to be a deterrent li(tli('l('l'. and "Skin" llrien iiiaiii- ihtns that there are now several ill! and coming curlers at Resol-

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VRCAFIES WCI-IILLY IINICRTHERN CURLING RINK

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R.C.A.F. Boasts World's Northernmost Curling Club

find the curling riiikl although only 250 feet at y. An 85 mile on iioiir wind th'ir ng SHOW lhI'0llf-th IIl1- 17 below zero air hati result- en in zero zero Visibility and 3 paraliviug chill factor. Travel out- doors was reduced to only essenti- al checks of power and heating plans across the road from the Illlllll building. and only then when guided by hand lines could they venture out.

When the idea was conceived to establish tiie Scottish pastime in the Arctic Circle everyone eiithu- siastically pitclied in to start the rink. Even from as far south as Montreal came a donation of curl- ing rocks from Canadair and the scoreboard from the MacDonald Tobacco Company.

in all the preparations. one very essential item was forgotten. the curling rule book - and so disputes concerning rules and mea- siiremcnts had to he settled by re- ferring to the Encyclopedia Brit- taiiica.

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Cpl. A. Arsenaitlt and LAC. P. Sullivan. Air Force fire fighters on the station patiently sprayed water over the bare gravel floor of the liui and painstakingly built up a smooth surface in the eight- teen feet shorter than regulation irink. This was a difficult task, .sincc the extremely low tempera-

ltifle Scores

The fnllouiniz are the st-ores for Marcli 14. at the York Rifle Club.

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I-reetown Royals Competing In 17th Season of Hockey

The Freetown Royals are pre. sently playing in their 17th season of hockey vnniiieiition and are well kll0Wll 10 hhtkcy fans throughout the Island having displayed their blue and white royal colors in rinks at Aiberton. ()'Leary. Mount Poeasant, Suntmerside. Bedeque. Borden. Crapaud. North River. Charlottetown, Kensington and Montague.

Their first competition was in sington with their first champion- ship coming in 1940 in that lea- gue. Since that year they only entered tuit-e in 1950 and 1951 at Kensington. and each year they Won the lcauiie championship.

In 1950 Hon. C. C. Baker don- tiled 3 ll'0Pll.V for the winners of the North and South Shore league. The Royals have held this trophy four times.

In internictiuiic Iiockey the Roy- als have aiiiays been strong con- tenders each year but have never won an Island cliampionship. Last year they came close to the title winning every game in the play-

offs and in the finals lost out by sh

a few goals amt again this year making a strong but against the P. E. Island Champion Milton Hor- nets in a close series.

The Royals greatest success and achievements have been scored in

were ready to step into the hack.

Of the two monthly Bonspiels that have been held so for. "Skip" Brien's team has emerged victor- ious in both. Prizes for the first competiton were Resolute Bay crests, and sweaters for the sec- ond. Now that the Resolute Bay curlers' baptism is over, they thirst for new competition. and in- vite any curling club interested up

CLASS ll Fred Pound... Leigh Vessey

Peter Proud . .

Cecil Watts . .

Betty Andrews Carol Hardy Norman Brown. Stuart Vessey..

George Proud. .

Raymnml Vmlwv N " Hm the South Shore League at Bede-

George Aiidrews... .. . 90 q"e.n"k.M"I”, "WY have been

"A -r. V95”, I 1 99 playing since 1942. 'lhey won the

w. L Crockett.” . . . - 99 Horace .Vrtght Trophy for first

Howard watts.” H 1 97 place 2: the J. I-, Arnett Trophy

Auey Em”. 97 for SCt:tu.i.VI place many times. But

the low temeratures however is Louis vessey '97 the highlight of the Royals his.

that the surface condition of the Irene Ham A 97 l0r.V t'-'imt' in 1946 and 1953 when

ice is more stable than that of Edison wmn” '" "7 they won the Simmons and Mac-

nm-mal indoor rinks. Myron Ling ' MW Farlane trophy and reigned as lea-

The final stop. an overall appli- A J Clune); " t ' ' in gue ohampions for eight straight cation of white paint and the final JACK Andrewe" qhseasons.

crowning of colourful markings Harold TaVlm.... . . I”. Royal players have also been

co1'npIeLed the job and the bays Arthur BI;0wn”' I 8l6.winning their share of the indivi-

.dual trophys with the highest scor- ling trophy going to Edgar Tay-

-- Wiilor twice. and Lee Taylor. Walter

Campbell and Clayton lllill. once Wench. For the star selection tro-

- 9-'lipliy. Walter Simmons and Robert-

9-31McMiirdo won it twice and George 921Somers and Walter Campbell won

- 93 it once each.

91 39400 GAMES PLAYED

Leonard Ford...

for a Bonspiel. "We would be only Hazel vessev

85 too happy to play a club down 3'

south on their home ice". one cur- CLASS. I" ler adderl with a broad grin. "but JOYCE I-int; -- - the alrforce requires that our en- IIBITY W9ll0ll-- - ill deavors be confined to these nor- Bflnnell I-"lg -- - - 9"i the,-1y chmes for the present." I-rank Vessey .. . . . . .. ... . llti. W. R. Godfrey .. . 86. DARK PERIODS IIIIIGIITEII Elizabeth Watts.-- 801 The kechhess hf thesg new Alan Bi-own.. . . . . . .. . . ti-th enthusiasts at this Arctic outpost Robert COODEF -. 841 was expressed by one airman who Marjorie Lewis... . . .34. said. ”We don't get a glimpse of Erma WINS -- - - - - - - - -- - 391 the sun for three and a half CLASS IV I months during the winer. and be- Marlon VCSSOY - - 9i-ll ing able to look forward to en- Irving Thompson... ... 871 joyahie hours on the curling rink Aden CIOW - - -- ll7l

Since the team has been organ- ized it is estimated that a total of 400 games have been played. Only

94'reC()I.Cs of the past seven seasons -have been kept which show they

played 157 games, won 87. tied 26. and lost 44. Scored 91-1 goals av- eraging 3.8. had 757 goals scored against them for an average of 4.1.

An interesting note shows that in l57 games they only lost 28 percent or about 1 in every 4. and have never been shut-out'ln 7 sea- sons. in t4 starts this season they won 9. tied i. and lost 4. had 49 goals scored against them while

gives us. plenty to talk about and helps to make the dark period

113 picking up 92 goals from Freetown ,, 31 sticks. ,, 31! Behind all the achievements of

Roddic Munn..." Earl Taylor.

very efficiently. A pleasant event

each season is the teams annual

banquet and picnic.

Freetown fans have always sup- ported their team in large num- hers and rink officials consider the Royals one of their best drawing

cards.

They won their semi-finals ser- ies in two straight with Lot 16 Rangers, and are now ready to enter the South Shore League fin- the North Shore League in Ken- al '

will bell!

of the hockey season.

Appearing in the finals for the

Royals lineup will be: Goald:

provement and has played very steady this season.

Defence: Walter Campbell. 190 pounds. Ihoots left. has led his team on to many a win with his untiring efforts. has a bullet

ot.

Eustace Reeves. 182. right. out- standing delencemean. goes both ways well. and has a hard ac- curate shot.

Albert Waugh. 196. left, tiai'd hitting defenceman. who plays a solid game on the blue line.

Zeke Roberts, 191. right, sturdy defenceman. also plays forward well. and presently playing in the best season of his career.

Forwards: - Edgar Taylor. 160. left wing, outstanding stick hand- ler and speedy skater. and one of the leagues most potent scorers for many years.

Robert M'acMurdo. 162, left. a hard worker and a great play maker.

Clayton Mill. 188. right wing. captain of the team. this seasons top scorer in the league.

Des Roberts. 168. right wing. at- ways aggressive. has scored con- sistently with his fast wrist shot.

Ray Smith. 172. left. clever cen- terman, plays well both ways.

Eldon Roberts. 158, left wing. the rookie of the team, a good skater. a brother of Zeke and Des, has shown well in his first year.

Mar. lr. Cudiir llonspiel Slated For Sacliville

SACKVILLE, NB. (CF) - Six rinks representing the three Mari- time provinces will compete here this weekend in the Maritime jun- lor curling bonsplel.

The rinks are the winners and runners-ip in the New Brunswick.

3.

Coach Jlrdlne and his players out in I determined drive to regain the title which they lost last year in a thrilling ser- ies. These flnals should prove to be one of the feature attractions

- Allison Reeves. 162 pounds. has shown wonderful im-

Soccer Results

LONDON (Reuters)-Results of soccer games in the United King- dom Saturday:

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP Semi-finals Manchester C 1 Tottenham H 0 ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I Blackpool 5 Newcastle U 1 Bolton W 4 W Bromwich A 0 lluddersfield T 1 Everton 0 Portsmouth 1 Sheffield U 1 Wolverhampton W 1 Luton T 2 FA amateur cup semI.1h,.1. Corinthian C a s u a l s 8 Dulwlcli Hamlet I Kingstonian 1 Bishop Auckland I SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division II

Alloa A 5 Albion R l

Brechin City 2 St. Johnstone I Cowdenbeath 2 Arbroath l Dumbarton 3 Ayr United 1 Dundee U 6 Montrosc 3

Foriar A 3 Berwick R 0 Hamilton A I Stenhousemuir O Morton 5 East Stirling l Queen's Park 0 Stranraer 1

ENGLISH LEAGUE Division II .

Blackburn R 4 West Ham U 1 Bristol R 2 Fulham 2 Doncasier R 2 Bury 3

Hull City 1 Bristol City 8 Leicester C 3 Roiherham U 1 . Lincoln C 1 Port Vale 0 Liverpool 4 Swansea T 1 Nottingham F 2 Middlesbrough I Plymouth A 1 Notts County 1 Stoke City 2 Leeds United 1

Division III (Northern) Accrington S 1 York City I Barrow 1 Derby County 2 Badford 0 Mansfield Town 3 Carlisle U 0 Hartlepools U 3 Chester 0 Ci-i-we Alex 0 Chesterfield 3 Halifax Town 0 Darlington 2 Workington 2 , Gateshead i Oldham Athletic I Grimsby Town 3 Stockport C 0 Rochdale 1 Wrexham 0 Southport 2 Scunthorpe U 1 Southport 2 Scunthorpe U 2 Tranmere R 1 Bradford C I Division III (Southe n)

Bournemouth 4 Swindon T 0 Brentford lshrewsbury T I Colchester U 2 Northampton T 0 Coventry C 2 Southampton 0 Exeter C 6 Crystal P 1 Gillingham 3 Newport C I Leyton Orient 8 Aldershot 8 Millwall 3 Torquay U 2 Norwich C 1 Queen's P R 0 Reading 2 Walsall 0

Southend U i'Brighton 1 Watford 0 Ipswich T 2

Inter-league match League of Ireland 1 Irish Football League 0 SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division A

Aberdeen 1 Dunfermline A O Alrdrieonians l Clyde 8

Celtic 1 Dundee 0

East Fife 1 Hibernian I Falkirk 8 Motherwell 4

Hearts 1 Rangers 1

Kilmarnock 1 Raith R I Partick T 6 Stirling A 1

Queen of S 4 St. Mirren 1

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'fNot Saying A Word" Fiery Phil Mum "On Eve Of Series

By W. R. WHEATLEY Canadian Press Staff Writer

MONTREAL (CF)-Coach Phil Watson, never at a loss for a few thousand words in either French or English. suddenly elammed up Monday when he led his New York Rangers into town for their Stan- ley Cup semi-final series against Montreal Canadiens.

"Not saying a nerd. period." said Phil.

Nothing at all? I

”We are not going to be quoted." , replied Watson. seemingly relish- lag the editorial "We." Cautiuusiy he added:

"We are just opening a new scr- ies. We had a meeting of directors and everybody and we decided this is a day of rest. We will go into the series with our ovrn ideas."

Canadians Sign IIABS RIDE TWO WINS

T Coach Toe Blake of C'dllEltliI'llN,

whoNbIt'ougl;tHhis club throuzh top lll()N'llREAL g;gns:n:"ni: h?:k?iVs1EeaVgel':l1('h:I:S'lqanhfilens Monday announced the quietly confident his boys can pl('I( 5”-m'"g "I AM" Mcmmlldv its up right where they left no in the War-Old left winger who played i25.i'f.l.l.Sf”ES3tZ' Elli.-.?5f5"..". 33:1 .::...”";:":' Canadiens. who also l'eilil'ncd Ag;m.1h'11.,,. Junior A .,..?.,..,.f” c, this morning. turned back the Ram 1i,1cn;,....1.1. who 1.311.; (mm 'wh.. izers 3-1 Sunday night in New York. nipeg. joins Canadians immedi- in the final game of the schedule. ;atelv and W111 he ehg1h1, go, gh. after a 7-2 walloping of the same -stahlev cup playoffs. . Rangers here Saturday night Mc1j.,,,31d' whg, is six geek, W" "Ill 3 Psychological Way I think inches and weighs 192 pounds. was those two wins will be helpful and third in scoring in the Ol-IA Junior not make for complacency." said A league, In 43 games he Ind 4. Blake. "The Sunday win was our lflcals and 34 assists, for 83 points. first of the season in New York. His 48 goals were topped only by 333.Jl.c'I'”i..s.3"l"33l. g5ii"n”ett?tl 3.'i”i?tl.ifS3Z?d .'3t..lI3"Zi..”'c1"I” ' . :- 10 Win. diens' property.

"Those wins should give our tab lows just the right confidence. not over-confidence, and I'm glad about the way we finished. . . ."

"I'm not saying this series with the Rangers will be any walk- away. it shapes up as a terrific struggle even if we are the favor- ites, and we would have faced the same situation if Detroit Red Wings had been our semi-final op- ponents. We'll have to hustle.

”I know Watson will have hit club up for this series. Sure they lost the last two games to us. but he has been able to lift his club

fore."

. Blake said all his players an in good shape and he will go into the series with his regular lineup.

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Amateur Golf Tournament

PIVEHURST. NC. (AP)-Peri ties on both the seventh -and little Marlene Stewart. the Cana- eighth, it seemed she was in for it than amateur golf champion. decisive defeat. rticctl Wanda Sanclies of Baton l3iit.showing the same determin- ilniiee. La.. I up. Monday and won ittion and competitive desire that the north and south nniateiir toiir- made her a star softball pitcher moment in ii surprisingly light 18- and basketball player before she hole rm.-.1 duel gave up those sports for golf two

llarlene, out-driven consistently, years ago. Wanda won the ninth ct-ntlnncti more accurate shots to linle with a par three and birdied the green and her opponent's mis- the long 10th to get even. lilltfls to gain her margin. lifter two halves. Marlene. a 22-

The Canadian girl, whose home year-old senior at Florida's Rol- IS in Fonthill, 0nt,, led by two lins College. grabbed the next two holes through the sixth on. when holes to again step out front.

to the side of a bunker. Standin

piteously to be let in. The reason for this apparently heartless treat- ment of a beloved masoct becomes obvious and understandable when it is explained that the curlers are proud of their spotiessly white, gleaming sheet of ice. and that Pogo. the mascot. is a large. healthy and very normal Husky pup whose presence has proved disastrous to the immcauiate sur- face of the rink and unnerving to these new Arctic exponents of the old and honourable sport of curl- ing. '

take. it's the

and conducted the teams affairs

will represent New Brunswick.

Are you between 16 and 19 years of ago? Are you

Wanda missed gnmm nppomuni. Two (M... Wm. your to 3,, TV a RADIO aiming at Junior Matriculant. or equivalentthiayear? " of -"-w-- rm:'- Wnndln -'ll13Ill”lSIl0lV?;mh9I'Mm'fuI: chm" Y 0 u , Ifso, read on: on t e par rec . at en Raclng was short and Wanda's ball rolled :z':mm:Ige'n:I;f

out ninlit. ()nly one game has . 1 seam h 191 brighter," Willard Murray... ... .. . V , ried in stock of- mIsP9cmI campkftment Itftlll t-.-tueelled so far. and thatlllilics t'aVil-sctl the ICE 10 heave lIn- The dub boast, . mascot too. Lahen Lewis... ., sn:the Royals and the success guid- Ilvll""d Sam!” ”":r::ncehE':1wia: I ll..'1k lwcaiise weather eonciitious evenly if the water was not, an but he 1, Pu tly r -' Alex Robertson . ..8() ing them tlirniigii the past 17 years 53'! "ll 01' 0 E 53 R0 Your Exclusive 20-ILADI 5IZl......5I.OO nimio it (on dangerous to try in-Dlitltl properly. An advantage of from H” rink. ; suncd hm un. is their manager and coach. Rob- ships. Kentvlile and Truro rinks shjffer 111111-mm D9313. Io ILA”! SIZE A 50. ' "ii" ' ' daunted. he usually leaps to the shvgs CUMBING ert Jardine. In his career he has will represent Nova Scotia: RCAF ' -------u mo; 0; the rmk with the aid 0; i V y . seldom been absent from his Summer.-tide and Montague rinlks 3 Mews w..r , huge showhhhh and knocks Switzerlands winter sports tcoochiug post on the bench. he will repiesent Prince Edwarktll 15- Cy (R.'u'-.. '.ck...g5 "ad" For 15:) Show ghmugh , gem-1n the canvng areas now have 306 ski hoists of has always maintained a high land: and rinks from the T iste 139 Rem st. Du! m4 mm, the 199, 811 the whue how11hg digferent. types, including 26 chair team spirit among his players Club in Saint John. and Bathurs V . s.

The Navy is a forward looking service . . . joining the Fleet this year will be Canadian-designed destroyer escorts. the finest in the world . . . Canada's own new aircraft carrier,

Of Donoghue's Son Deferred

on the side of the hill. she droppe

the hall 12 feet from the pin and got down in three. Marlene missed a -"ix-footer for a hall and W8-9

aerial makes it go. Don't have it why 1-.1” .

l.1x(;()14N. 1.;,,31.,,.d (cpl. rrhc .,,.1., 1 up. .Sound Chgncg of poor HMCS "Bonaventure" . . . new naval aireraftiool Iliciiiu tlchut of Steve llunnuliue int-cssiii-o told on both as the Lil” Thl5- Reception. l. namesake or on of Britain's 1.1- (1 th 1.-.;t three holes. cac . Into-t famous juckgy . was de- oncetlvcrs par nn the last iwgj So. cAll- YOU can look forward NOW to beoommg a i 1 , . - '3 ' . .-39- . .'.I.'.".i' ...l.d.3Ti('.'.t...ti'lll.f.'EI"itT-It M ....'l..'"lJ.”.?.f.;-.'llf5'.Ll".i..3?... No, BOWLANlS rv & RADIO Naval 0iliwr- Yt-un: Donoghiie. 3 14-year-old 2 mu.-so or the country club. and be sure. DIAL '94 Under a special 7 year Short.-Service appointment, you can gain the sailors'

lllilri-tilit-e jockey. was st-hetiulcd in have his first ride in public on (ier:ilti's Fancy In the opening race of the 1956 flat-racing season at l.int-oln. instead. he did lessons at school in Doncastc . Yorkshire. anti the horse was scratchct' The jockey Is the son of James llnzhiie. cousin of the late Stove Dvinngltiie whose siiccesses in in- ltr-irar years. including six Derby Winners. giive rise to the famous ".1; "Come on. Steve!" Donnghue Srnuir asked school officials to let