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Isn't broken, “TOO MUCH HOCKEY” OY ‘feel we have too many games tale onywoe. com- There's just too much hockey estern © “Canada, ‘and the: people» can’t take it : 4 [with Edmonton's ma |: Attendance losses have been teams, both profes: noted in every ‘league in: west- alled- amatewr.\ein- Canada in recent years, dnt} in a Jot: ‘of factors ANS ‘they ‘have perhaps been pointed declining ‘attendance ‘up more .forecfully during the vi pames: in. western current season than in those apada,.. red’ Milley, manager previous: “Rahionto A ers of the Wesc- |. “The WEL, for instance, ‘has Ms and assistant reported that -for the first half . of. its schedule, attendance was . 44,000 . or “nearly 14 per cent lower than tast'season, Regina “Regals, -a new WHL. entry. this Gal, ‘drew: so few fans during |é o. firét half of the season. that Brandon: Total attendance figures for “the. “Western. “Junior, Hockey ‘pubit is, known ‘that: every..one “of. the four. ceifes jnvaly-d - “Fdmonton. ‘Lethbridge, Medicine Hat: ‘and Regina — have felt. the pine. In Ednionton, the junior a Oil. ‘Kings of: Ane | WJHL have .: ae ms ae s aaeeesnes a ~ RUPERT RADIO | AND ELECTRIC 318. ard Ave. ‘Phone 1236 - - Domestic ‘and. Imported Cheese ; x Russian’ Cpr aa x Californian Pickles and Candied’ Fruits ke: Fancy § VOWISAQES » = 4 Cm Imported | Chocolates antl. Cookies. ed ws ee ke "Genuine Salami and ‘Capicoli * Home Made Ham, Rulle Polsa oh Fruits: and Vegetables 312 Sth Sirect i ia ' hem 95 LW. Rea, $11.95 ate ee J : ‘Children 5 Shoes | * ‘sDos x: Men's Dress Shoes Te a ay at ae pu elev sion, Fat Schedules Given Blame Top In Western Hockey Attendance’) ° “sors the profession ; i Pivers ane played ta -., amateur oll Kings, said in an fans. i | “One thing-is (elevision. Lalso'the clubs .were removed [rom fy the entertainment dollar, 8 averare crow as of ied'each year In the minor lea nes: ithe overlapping of hockcy and ‘football seasons: the growing IN OLD ARENA ‘popularity of curling; lhe many In the Manitoba Junior League, syrms of enterjainment vying the new $1,500,000 Winnipes, put underlying them all is the Avena to ancient Olymple be ‘tac, that “there's loo much cause they weren't drawing: nockey” they sald. they.. switched . ‘the franchise to League. eames. are nn, ‘available, |" LALLA OPINION GENERAL _| fight. ‘terest and making it neressary * BOYS' SCHOOL | SHOES Rog, $6.95 Miller end Rasmuccen said it fremy fhe TOTAL, five wears Aen “js the ‘general feeling among and went without junior hockey - managers in both the WHL and a year, This seasou. teak pty ye vty Prince Rupert Daily News Thursday, January 26, 1966. BLACKWOOD on BRIDGE By EASLEY BLACKWOOD Impossible Hand Needs Sensational Playing ‘ | | Most people would define an impossible contr: et jas a contract which cannot be made. ty. Her definition appears to be: “a contract which Not Mrs, Fus-} can be made only by a sensational play.” With six cards left, D-10 8 4 and C-K 10 8. . | he had 8. Mrs. Fusty had D-K Q 6 and C-A Q 2.) If Mr. Heinsite discarded a dia-: mond, Mrs, Fusty would discard ‘ the deuce of clubs, lead a club: from dummy and finesse the queen, The rest of her hand | would then be good. It made no difference what: (Mr, Heinsite did, but his actual eleht of clubs.; Mrs, Fusty then discarded the the: queen of clubs, cashed the ace’ to droy Mr. Heinslte’s King and: laid down her king and quecn of : The deuce of clubs to} dummy's jack was the slam-g0o- distard was the six of diamonds, finessed diamonds, ing trick. Free &. Dowdle Optometrist enough fans {o cover cost of The WHL plays a 7)-gume She and Miss Brash bid briskly opening {he doors for the gannes, | schedule, starting in early Octo- {today to reach the fearless con- Television Is a ‘major factor ! ber and running almost to May tract of six spades. Mr, Abel led ‘ {hese happenings, Mill er with playoffs. The WJHL has an the king of hearts and dummy’s sald. S'atisties show that a fan Inbaanced schedule — Leth- {ace won. tastie number” of persons in the | bridge and Medicine Hat each , . West have purchased TV S¢ls)yjay 47 games and Edmonton nore dealer. Both sides vul- on time payments, ant Reina 34 cach. / NORM , “These sets represent a tre: In Edmonton, Milter said, Fly- (Miss Brash): smendcus investment and while ers ‘lay two-or three rahts a adak) the people are paying for them, yeok, Some weeks the O# Kings VAITES they have to stay home and get! also play two nichts, @A ce the value. out ef their Invest. | CURTAILMENT LIKELY acm ry J6 5 4 ‘ ment, They can’t afford to do, Perhans the eommetitien fram Mes bel) TAS tteinslte: ansthing glen” 'televizion won't -drive the pro A Tee A Q I _ Perhaps, Miller said. when the leagues to shortened schedules] yk Q 1095 WS 2 novelty of .TY.—. lbHe MONG jit said Miller, the junior and} @ 4 7 2 es ius 3 jthan 9 vear old in most Wester] other amateur lerwues will be; 9 4 &K 1087 Jeontres end brand new in sansa forced to curtail laree-seale, ex~ SOUTH \: — wears off, the people will pensive operations. (Mrs. fusty) start filline hoekey rinks again, . He nainted: to Calgary’s junior: $ ; 866 ¢ “Telovision, being: new, is one hockey siluation as an example | eKQ6 big factor now.” saic Lovvie Ras- of “what must come” in ama- &HAQ2 museon, manage? of Ol Wines. toyr hockev, Cities the size of| ‘the bidding: “Maybe ina year or tv 0c00! Pamonton ard a number that; North Kast. South West | will met over the TV .cragz iC and are much bigger have foun ib Ly Pass 1 a “ Pass I start going to hockey gemes impossible to cuppors tyvo Leas, : SA rash 4h Pass 4 @ Pass 5 @ Pass again." ihe said. All Pa In Calgary, the eify Grop ped | as Now Mrs, Fusty saw it was nu aydown. She would have to be } a house or yery lucky to avoid a club loser. | - WIJHL that TV Is cutting heavily city league was ore eeniged. It!And what about her fourth dia-: jien” draywine hie ovauds, but its! Y jinto hockey ‘ates. Peth wave other reasane j tially -jtienal League call- -up of tna |exrense’, rlavers, eliminating the “We must eet hack to where: “horkey idols” who create in-jwe have more terms in horse! jlenenc” 3 Miller said. fo he a chanze.” to start almost from. scratch After Moose, CPA Lose Ground By ‘BOB RUDDERHAM | ‘City. Transfer moved into jurst ‘place in the Men’s Ten ng follows: City Transfer 39, [Pin Bowling League when they Canadian Pacific Airlines 38. Al- swept ‘their series with the bert. & MeCaffery and Miller's’ : respectively, ‘lil ruffed it. - City Transfer in First Place in. Heinsite ruffed in with the queen! ‘of spades. unseemly “development: en Mrs. Fusty to stop: @ nt, What should she § | ‘The league standings are now: A dae : mond would be all right if “ McCaffery wilh 927 and’ 2646 caused eV nond? If she tried ruffing it, rar- sponsors aren't going broke pay--in dummy, that would probably , § responsible — the Na- jing travelling. salary and other iset up a tramp winner for some- | ; i body. ; A BAD SIGN She set out to see if she could | “There has ‘establish a long heart in dumnyy. | i She led a heart from the board ,§ She followed this if with a spade lead to dummy’s; Back came another heart | and, with a ery of triumph Mr. This for a mome ‘discard from her hand? could get by without a club loser. But she could do that only if Mr ‘ =: Heinsite held not more than} wo: ; Bote ee eaten pad CA Store 37, RCMP 31 and! ‘clubs, including the king, That: 303 3rd Ave, W, | | Phone 5548 if Legg gah SARE DR A LEED EO PETE ific Airlines were given a: bad -|beating by the Albert & McCaf =| | fery crew. It was a long hard a! haul for the Transfermen, last year’s league champions, as the Airlines team had retained first, place since November 2nd of the current season. However Mé&n- ‘{zie’s bowlers are a scant pois | inthe lead. over the CPA while! Aipert & McCaffery and, Miller’s Cigar Store, tled for third place, jare just two paints away from | the leaders, In the remaining fixtu we, Mil- ‘ler's Cigar Store teok three ou. lof four from the RCMP whose ‘Jone point pushed them into fifth place over the Moose wo were tied with the Police prior ito the night's play. | Norm Kinslor of the Canadian . Pacific Airlines; rolled | steadily 16. dake , the High’ three games j with 564 with games of 184, 190 rand 190; High. single game was scored by JimsPerry of the Moose, 211, while other 200: games were ‘rolled by Bob Rudderham of City Transfer «with 10, Gerry Lord ‘or Albert & MeCaffery wlth 204 ‘Store with 302, High single and high) three Ramen Wis scored hy Albert & x 7 ‘ 30s DIAL 4132 i 1 BR Leaue-- A Store 1; —sz -~>3 the Moose 20. we bn ee . Thompson, V. Munizaba Split Top Honors Peggy Thompson of Fashion in d Footwear and Vernie Munizaba women's individual high score in “A” league of the Mixed Bowl-| , ing League last Thursday as cach | ‘with dummy's ace, Ied another ‘heart from the board and ruffed | ; Then she led her last spade, the ace in dummy, Next came | spades — and Mr. a 336 game and a 794 three-game , 'Heinsite was no longer grinning. rolled a 264 gare. Bill Donald of Wrathall’s took: both men’s high singie and high | three scores. for the division with | total while Kay Wood of Para-| mounts won women's high three! with a 649 score. Team -high single and wear was taken by Fashion Footwear with scores of 1226 and 3506, In “B" league, Eve Yates of GPA took bolh women's high! single and three honors with scores of 254 and 606 while Jin, Leniuk of Jersey Farms wen both. seores of 308 and BLD, Esso Extras with scores af: 124 and 3039 won team high . slugie and three, , Results: A League---Hirrieanes 8, Smith & Hikins 1; Wola a ier M1 ven Ov , ROMP 4, Yukon Jewellers 05 Booth School 4, Sue per Valu 0. CPA 3, TI's Shoe Maso Extras 3, Overwal- teu ds Borden &lreet School 3, Wear EVERYTHING GOES seemed quite unlikely as he ap-, “peared to have started with only | ‘four ecards in the major suits and {J ‘therefore as many as nine in the, Tat Crone, spinor 5. ' What about discarding a club?: ithat was no good because then al diamond would have to be ruffed. ummy, setting up-Mr. Abel's; of spades as a winner. But actually this was not much) § of Esquire Men's Wear shared top of a problem for Mrs. Fusty. 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