’rvin's Goading Of Rocket Ended His Montreal Days

TORONTO :1 i-kry League fans received a jolt back in 1955 when coach Dick Irvin of the mighty Mont- real Canadiens switched to a similar post Wil Black Hawks.

Those were rough days for the Black Hawks. They had fin-

Texans Take On Houston

HOUSTON (AP)—-—Dalias Tex- ans and Houston Oilers will be in near perfect physical condi- tion for Sunday’s American Football League championship game.

The Texans, however. still will be without Chris But-ford. the ail-AFL end who caught 12 touchdown passes before being sidelined Nov. 25 with a torn knee cartilege.

Both teams kept injured play- ers out of final regular season games last weekend but all are expected to be ready Sunday.

Coach Hank Stram of Dallas kept halfback Frank Jackson, linebacker Smokey Stover, Guard Curt Merz, and defensive end Bill Hull out of the Diego game.

ALL SEEM READY

All appeared ready Friday, although Merz may see no more than limited action.

Frank (Pop) Ivy. ex-coach of Edmonton Eskimos, and the

third head coach to lead Hous- M h

ton into an AFL title game, said Hogan Wharton, an offensive guard will be at top speed. The Oilers have been made 61: point favorites to win their third straight championship.

the Chicago ‘successful career with the Ca-1

(CF) — National iished out of the Stanley Cup lplayoffs in eight of the previous .nlne seasons. In both the 1953-54

,season and the following one, ‘they had finished a distant last. Why would Irvin give up a

nadiens to take over the pa- thetic Chicago club?

Most fans figured it was a matter of money and they were partly right. Irvin did receive a healthy boost in salary. SELKE TELLS WHY

But there was another side to Irvin's surprise departure from Montreal. The manager of the

anadiens, Frank Selke. tells about it in his recently-pub- lished book. Behind the Cheer- ing (McClelland and Stewart Limited).

It was Irvin’s goading of the volatile Canadiens star, Mau- rice (Rocket) Richard. that ended his coaching days at Montreal.

Selke writes that during the 195455 season. Irvin's fighting qualities had an adverse effect on the Rocket.

“Never a shrinking violet in dealing with those who opposed im, Maurice became involved in several unprecedented out- bursts.”

One night in Toronto, Rich-

“ ard engaged in a fight with Bob

Bailey of the Maple Leafs. Ref- eree Red Storey ordered Rich- ard to the dressing room. As the Rocket was leaving the ice. Irvin leaned over and said something to him. Richard im- mediately returned to the fray t Bailey and also became involved with the refere. Montreal was losing to the Bos- ton Bruins and Irvin tried to

rouse his players with a lecture between periods.

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The pep - talk was aimed‘; mainly at captain Butch Bouch- yard, Selke writes, but “it was ‘Richard who respohded to the lwhlp. He fairly sizzled with

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1 Ha Laycoe of the Bruins. “probably by accident,” cut Richard for eight stitches in the scalp. “Partially stunned and certainly boiling over.

ichard went after Laycoe, who beat a hasty retreat."

The Rocket then scuffled with the tinesmen and the outburst resulted in him being suspended for the balance of the season by the league president, Clarence Campbell.

Curling Draw For Montague schedule,

Montague Curling Saturday:

7 PM.

Ice 1 — Mae Jamieson, S. MacDonald. A. Beers, Glen Murphy vs. H. Clair, F. Mac‘ Donald, R. MacDonald, E. Poole.

7 PM.

Ice 2 —— B. Smith, M. W i g- ginton. L. Sinclair. B. Bryand vs. C. Gordon. G. Nicholson, D. O’Connor. '1‘. Hooper.

9 PM.

Ice 1 — E. Clay, P. McIntyre. Mrs. Annear, K. MacDonald vs. C. Stewart, Doc. Johnston. K. Hughes. E. Dixon.

Ice — M. Nicholson. D. Mc-

Gowan. B. Mabon. G. Wo r t h vs. D. Nicholson, H. Moar, P.1 Johnston. B. Brehaut. l

This isn‘t exactly the same view that Floyd Patterson had months ago, but it is the one

By JACK SULLIVAN

TORONTO (CP)—Mary Stew-

HIGH, WIDE AND SOME HAND

of Sonny Liston's. hand three

art, a matter-of-fact little miss from Vancouver who lets her

lust in time for Christmas

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JOIN THE VOLKSWAGEN “GOLD WATCH CLUB"

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Pictured above Kenneth Jenkins. centre presents. Frank Murphy loft and Harold

picture was Hurry Kielly. who

swimming do her talking, is Canada's outstanding female athlete of 1962.

The impish 110 - pounder was given a resounding vote for the honor by the country's sports editors and broadcasters for the second consecutive year in the 28th annual Canadian Press year-end poll announced Friday night. She had the title locked up a month a 0.

An all - time record 156 se- lectors filled in ballots. And they didn't have to jog memor- ies to put the finger on the pony-tailed youngster who cele- brated her 17th birthday just three weeks ago.

Twenty other athletes were mentioned by the voters who were asked to name the three individual performers a men g women, in order of preference. Votes were computed on a 32-1-

Packers Go Ilnto Action

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Green Bay Packers put on their pads Friday and through the kind of 90-minute drill that customarily winds up preparations for a Sunday Na- tional Football League game. H considerably more of the same is yet 0 come. since the defending NFL cham- pions are preparing for the 1962 championship against the Gi- nts at Yankee Stadium Dec.

thundered

30.

With the temperature a bree degrees—tennis shoes. gloves and knit caps were the uniform of the day.

Nelson Toburen, the line- backer who missed the last four games with an injured vertebra and still is on the disabled list, turned out for the first time to watch his mates make ready. “It‘s much more nerve-wrack- ing. not being a part of the ac- tive preparations.” he said. He

that pushed him from the heavyweight throne. He wants

basis and the final returns were reminiscent of the great post- Second World War years when Ottawa’s Barbara Ann Scott, world figure - skating queen, swept the CP poll.

The five-foot-three Miss Stew- ort, holder of the world record for the llo-yard and loo-metre butterfly, was all alone ill front just as she was a month ago when she whipped a starry

for Canada in the British Em- pire Games at Perth, Australia. GETS HIGH TOTAL

She received 146 first-place votes, eight for second and one for third and one voter passed up the question. On a point

asis, she received 455, consid- erably more than all combined.

Last July in her home town she proved herself at least five seconds faster than any female butterfly swimmer in the cm- monwealth with a clocking of 1:073 for the 110 yards, a world

_ Title Fight l

still is wearing a bulky brace.

Is Arranged l

L S VEGAS. Nev. iAPi —-l

A Middleweight boxing championiton

holder Gene Fullmer in a chain- pionship fight here Feb. 23. it‘ was announced Friday. ‘

Fullmer. the former middle-y weight champion. lost the title‘

Dick Tiger will meet ex-title-i

others 3

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to

fight Ingemar Johansson next.

Mary Stewart Is Selected Female Athlete Of 1962

‘ In the first round in Australia 1 she clipped nearly 41/; seconds off the games record with a itime of l:09.l to win easily and effortlessly.

‘ A couple of nights later in the ,final against seven others. she eased up at the finish to win by 'about seven feet in the slow time—for her—of l:lO.1.

Second place went to lB-year- gold Sue Hilton of London, Ont... winner of the Canadian wom- en's close and junior golf cham- pionships. Five voters put her‘ in the No. 1 spot. 79 made her"

201 points.

HOFFMAN THIRD

Third was Abigail Hoffman, ‘ 5 15-year-old runner from Toronto who still has to show her poten- tial in the comparatively new half-mile r a c k event for I women. She tried the distance} only seven times in competition,I before her selection as a mem-l

mark. 5 means, in effect,lber of Canada's team in thei that she’d either have to drown lBritish Empire Games and im- or swallow water to miss outl proved her time each outing

on a gold medal at Perth. ,‘ but an injured leg hampered

her in Australia and she finished last.

All voters passed her up as a first-place choice. She received 26 second-place and 53 third- place votes for a 104-point total.

Fourth place went to 17-year- old Nancy McCredie of Bramn-i

. Ont.. who set a anadian native record discus throw butl missed selection on the British[ Empire Games team. and fifth“

of Vancouver.

Miss McCredie received one‘JOhnson the“ SEIke "‘VOUId b95ers

SPORTS FRONT

By PIUS (‘ALLAGHILN

‘ory on Montreal ice.

Habs’ Fons Anxious

MONTREAL Callvadiells‘ falls are getting anxious for a vict- On Thursday December 13 the lowly Bo:toin Bruins held the

iBlakemen to a draw. Two nights later the fifth place Rangers came to town to beat the Habs 4-2. This past Thursday the hated Toronto Maple Leafs were visitors on Forum ice and the

Montreal could do was hold the

lmlach crew to a 4-4 tie.

So it's only natural that the folks who pack the Forum each time Canadiens are entertaining are looking for a change to night when the league leading Chicago Black Hawks blow Into

town. Wins are something the H to and they're geting fed up with 3viously the Canadiens were aimo ,Toronto rivals but this year. the ;Leafs and Canadiens have met onto has won three, Montreal tw

; Tonight the Black Hawks can expect to

abs’ supporters are accustomed thc scarity of them of late. Pre- st sure to hold an edge of their Leafs are in the driver's seat. seven times this season. Tor- o and two were ties.

run into an outfit

lthat will not be filled with the Christmas spirit. The Canadiens

;had better start moving upward jfirst place again this season. The

if they

intend to challenge for Hawks.

themselves, haven’t ex- Moo-

,aztly been any ball of fire of late and their fans. like the

, trea-lers. are growing uneasy. k for the Canadiens to pound out a win to this clash

We 100 ‘with the Hawks tonight l i

A'l‘ Toronto, the Leafs will Rangers who. in their last two iSaturday they surprised just abc ‘aldlelns‘ and they followed this ‘uuabltlllua Detroit Red Wings,

Rangers At Toronto-

attcmpt to stop the New York outings. tasted of victory. Last rut everybody by upsetting Can-

upset with a decision over the

all week and should be ready tonight: Despite the fact

grabbed a couple of recent decisions. we don’t

think they’ll be able to upset the rampaging Leafs.

‘ Then Com

‘DETROIT and Bus isprmg into action on S Canadiens make a

hooking for Montreal to win that

on In pretty fair fashion but the Habs are due

Ilacing one of these nights. We

es Sunday

ton are idle tonight but a1 ams away. 1 six to

pro-Christmas visit to Detroit and we'ro

affair. Detroit has been holding . to give them a figure Sunday night as good a

itime as any. After all, Boston went right into the Olympia Thurs-

day night and hung a defeat on lAnd by the way, Forbie is doing ithu‘d goal since

5 So, Dinger. we’re ‘end and that de'fea of Detroit by :ed a few Christmases. '

SUNDAY night the Black Hawks

Gardens and we

joining the Bruins and that's pretty fair work sorry but all good things must come

the amazing Motor City outfit. all right for himself. He got his to a Boston surely must have spoil-

brecze into Madison Square their

expect the present league leaders to suffer

second defeat of the weekend. Rangers are tough in their own

backyard and they'll pull out all Rudy Piious and his Hawks.

the stops in an effort to upset

The Boston Bruins are entertaining Toronto Maple Leafs and

a 5-2 defeat on them. The same t if Bruins start playing the type play.

second choice and 28 put her we pick Toronto to garner the twa points. However, we are mind. down for third and a iota] of In] that last time Leafs were in Beantown that the Bruins hunt

hing could easily happen again of hockey they sometimes dis-

Meirry Ch ristmos

BY the great east of Christmas and without sending a greeting,

the way. this is the last time we‘ll chat with f

youbeforo occasiomgoby

we can't let the

ur wish is that all of our readers may have the happiest Christmas ever. We hope that things go well for all of you and

at. you come back to work aft Christmas 1962 was tops of them all

To Trade

MONTREAL (CP) — Frank. Selke. managing director ofl Montreal Canadiens. said Fri-l

lwent to golfer Gayle Hitchens day that if a good berth could!

e found for defenceman Tom;

to Tiger by decismn in a rough first-place vote and Miss Hitch- happy ‘0 18f him go" because

15-round bout last Oct. 23 at San ; Francisco’s candlestick Park.

Since the Oct. 23 bout. Tigcr' has gained recognition as the world middleweight champion‘ in Massachusetts, where Paul Pender is considered champion!

Tiger. of Lagos. Nigeria. hasl won 47 and lost 12. with twol draws. Fullmer has 55 wins.| five losses and two draws on} his record.

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, otlle

ens was tops on the list of twol rs.

Others named ill the poll ill- cluded a few British Empire, Games athletes. In this category’ were swimmers Patty Thomp-l son. Hamilton. Sara Barbor,l Brantforrl. 0nt.. and Madeleine Sevigny. Mont re a l: sprinte Yvonne Brecden of Vancouver, and discus and javelin tosser Pat Dobie of Saskatoon.

Swim Star

VANCOUVER (CPI — Van-i couver swim star Mary Stewart? Friday greeted word of her so‘ lcction as Canada's outstanding female athlete for 1962 with a five-second pause of speechless surprise. then gasped: 1

“Oh my goodness! How won- derful!" 1 For Mary. the announcement}

:of her selection by sports writ-,

i

er

athlete for the second straight year. Comes as a late but wel- come birthday present. She celebrated her 17th birthday, Dec 8

I might be selected again—but, not so soon." i

The Christmas Gift

for everyone . . .

The people pictured hove iust received Gold Watches. Eoch have driven their Volkswagen 60,000 miles without o indict repair. Hero's what Mr. Horold Hooch had to soy: "After owning 3 Volkswogons | on convinced it is the best engineered cor on tho rood today In any price class. If the Watch I have received today is as good as the Volkswagen cm I on driving. it wil koop time for o long. long while."

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l of abuse the veteran player hasl taken from fans. 1

Sclke was particularly upsctl over the booing directed at" ohnson in Thursday nigllt‘si 4-4 tie with Toronto Maple Leafs ,

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DETROIT (APl Coach} George Wilson of Detroit Lions got an early Christmas present ‘riday—a new three-year con-

tzhe holid~ay_ tlnnlnng' I ' tlm

lSeIke Is Willing

Johnson

in a National Hockey League game.

“He was booed all night,"

said Selke. “On one goal by tho Leafs two other Montreal play- were directly responsible for it, not Johnson, and that was one that caused most of the fuss. “Certainly he shouldn’t have to take that sort of thing. Herc he has been playing with an in- jured wrist and that’s the sort of reception he gets.

“In appreciation for what Johnson has done for us in the long time he has been with Ca- nadiens, and with the approval of Senator Molson. (president of the clubl I would be glad to make a trad ."

Johnson. a native of Baldur. Man. he will be 35 years old

tract with a substantial pay next Feb. 18. He has been a .regular with Canadiens sinco

Lions tore up Wilson's j the 1950-51 season. He made tho current two - .vear contractoNHL first all-star team in the

which had one more year to run and gave him the longer pact.

1958-59 season and the second team ill 195556.

Tllc Lions released no figures -

on Wilson‘s new salary. but usu- ally well informed sources said that with a 325.000 sa ary and bonuses. Wilson had made $40.- 000 this year.

It was reported that the Lions raised his ase pay to around

Rubin Rules

“It‘s. so exciting. I had hoped

‘ Ic 1Asprey, Al Leaman, H. Doug-

CURLING DRAW

The following is the curling draw for Saturday at the Char- lottetown Club.

e 1 — T.W.L. Prowse. C. las vs. L. Wellner, I. Horne, E. Matheson. A. Bagnall.

Ice 2 — Hal Spillett. E. T a n- ton. H.R. Carruthers, Dr. Gal- llant vs. S. Beaton, R. Spillett.

NEW YORK (AP- — _Rubin M. McGuigan. J.S. MacDonald. Carter. the newest sensation of Ice 3 _ A1 Saunders v5, A1“ the middleweight division. is a Smith

3»l favorite for s 10 - ound fight against Gomeo Brennan in Madison Square Gardens in- night.

Carter has flattened his last

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Ice .3 — Clary Flemming VI. And) Humphrey. (3:15 P.M. All Ices Open)

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lrecord to 11 victories and twm ilosscs. All of his victories have been through knockouts. includ- iing a till—secoan bombing of Con-1 itemler Florelltino Fel'llzlmim at the Garden last Oct. 27.

Brennan. 23. has compiled a1 52-75 record of wins. losses and ties. including 27 knockouts. in his seven years as a pro.

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