rice nupeli Daily news Maresday, Marah 15, 1955, fy IN THIS tg ae CORNER , 7 ’ t . Fy oat - _ By DICK AYRES i vy ete ,. Sometimes we have good weeks, somelines bad. Maybe the it 4 ie | shock of reaching the ripe young age of 40 this month was too AG Re, Much for us, Maybe we were rushed ‘cus Brother Geoff hos been Me a lald low with the ‘flu, and we've been a bit bushed doing two Sie |, jobs, but in any ense yesterday we had the Fourth Annual Prince ‘oe \ L Rupert Bonsplel teeing off on the wrong day. Ina front page | whe i ween o> story we sald the offletal opening was on ‘Thursday and it aln't me, 59, ut ne yess oo Wednesday and Thursday the curling rink will be closed Me i ” while the Ice ts manicured, Friday evening, with draws tneluding wee i ail the visitors, the first games get underway, and Saturday tt Py 2:80 pm. the Bonspiel will be officially opened, hs ; vy ; Already, however, there's been some good games played and gta! the first games in the Primary B even tor the Superior Auto _ ‘ rp trophy competition wore played Inst night, ae + + + hss | The event that caused the biggest stlr out at the curling rink hy was not the outcome of a game. It resulted during @ game, how- ‘i i ever, and it involved Rusty Ford, Exeked as a rock made its way ey) towards the house Fu ty bent down to see how the reek was 4 ige , coming and prompuly shat upright atin as a seat-ronding tear ar teed alr-conditioned his punts, He finished the game wearing an re aulsize lop coat which not only covered hls embarrassment but ihmost all of him. ea + 4 4 yb oye |: | Talking to Gordy Bateman after his match with Fred Aston ft is we learned that his son fim, along with George Henry and for- " is due raer Booth Memorial teacher Alf Hadley combined with another ae im po tad to get in some curling al New Westminster, They entered 9 : fe " Pre-bonspiel competition and watked off with a set of steak “s et knives as a prize. Jim, now attending the Universily of Beltish if a “Columbia and George were both skips in (he high school curling league lust year, Al, Is now teaching at South Burnaby High, a rd + A iniss Is as good as a mile, and there’s no good crying aver spilt milk. Gordon and Anderson cagers must feel that way after their 51-50 luss to Manson's Saturday night. For the lack of two roints, missed In the dying seconds of the game by Danny Bill, he series ds all ted up, whereas if he'd made goad the shots G & A would be sporting a 2-0 lead in the series, "Twasn't to be though, and now its anew series, Well, hat makes ib more ox. o@bting and both teams should be golng all out to gain the lead tonight. Also on tap are: at G pam, the sceond game in the Junior Roys league semi-finals with Manson's meeting Annunciation: at 6:45 Bo-Me-Ii Golds meet Girls League champlons Dom's jn the first game of a best-of-three series and at 7:30 Sunrise takes n Frizzell’s in the first game of the Intermediate League finals, + + + -' Turning to summer sports for a moment we find that the Pony Baseball League has scheduled its first mecting ef the new year for Thursday night at 8 pam. in the Council Room, Anda very important meeting ht Is (ao. Tn terms of baseball, the 1954 Pony league reason was an unqualified success. Under the experienced cuaching of Don and Syd Seherk, Joe Giordana, Gordie Mundle, Bi Sundberg and Doug Wood, the Pony Leaguers played crowd-pleasing baseball. ‘There was only on thing wrong, there were no crowds, It was the same with the tiny group that did thelr best Jn trying to keep the league going. A small committee oncrated the Peugite and ruched around trying to assis: the coaches, supply o Amplres and look after equipment, League President Ross Chay. ton, has moved to Vernon, Gyro representative Bert Young js In Smithers, At no Pony League meeting was there ever more than 20 persons present and {f there were seven persons there, it was . considered a good night. . j This year there will be an additional 30 boys who have had _ two years of Litth League and have graduated to the hicher loop due to age Hmitations. They are still a few years away from the senior bracket but will require the same coaching and organira- ~~ Uon as In the past ff thelr Interest Is to continue. And it should, It- shouldn't be allowed to flag one lota and once again the call is oul for nen who want to see a successful venture carried out ta ils fulfillment, There's nothing worse than a hall finished Job. ~« tre some more volunteers willlng to plich in and help the buys Will be playing good batl again this year. The fuanelal deniands of the organization are small. There ts a favorable bank balance und dt should stay that way ag the league is not going offielal and Hnking incacy into untforms for every player, On top of that there ure several “angels” around (own who never let the kids cowh, ho there's opportunity for someone to do his share helpline ‘he-boys produce a bigger and better Pony League this year, Ui ’ Jhey're witllng to make a project of lt and do thely share of werk, Nothing comes easy In this life, and there's nothing quite so dis- ~hearlening (oa group of people working on a deal than to he ve “fo doll the work, all the Ume, Tlie ef the inecting again ti & pan, at the Clvie Centre Thureday,, hae eM ieee, MOST SCRIPUS — Speaking of baseball Gordon and Anders won Wi bewithoul.the services of slugger Dave (No, Ne, No. Wl this summon, Dave, a leading seaman ar UAMCS Chatham leaves fur (he south In the near future... When Alderman Kay Smith ‘telly counell last nlaht moved that the elty send a telegram Of congrats to Penticlan to be walling when (he Va retursed, romeone quipped that she headed the police, Heeneing, health, eee = a wee ot St ete, of Hooth Memorial Rainmakers meet Vancouver Callege at 446 pan, tomorrow In thelr flert game of the B.C. Heh school dournament, Vera's hoping fora elean sweep for Don Tartwiy's boys. Methinks Vieloria High will take Ht though, SMOKELESS ARGUMENT ROLTON, England --A dep seh wee PRAISES CO-RDS ‘Suel Is cheapor." aludents, Te ane cnrpmme ‘ If the coaches. from last year are still available and there. . ad soclal acalataneo and sports commilitee, Well why now? oo | LENNOXVILLE, Que, @ Dr’ lation protested to officls Int A. R. Jewitt, prinelpal and ylee- {hla Lancashire town that a Wan | chancellor of Bishop's Universty, Jor xoliing up a smokeless zonethellewey women students cont (Wak Impractleable. Bald eltizen | plain leas, adapt better lo college Frank Bharples: “Pho iden ought Ifo, are mare allentive and cot. cto be khelved until smoketens | alstent iy thelr studies than men 4 ye SS SS “nal we auaves Museum of Selence taxidermist, knocked this 38-pound.wildeat "out of a tree with a steel-tipped arrow, while hunting In west- ern Nowe Sentia. The wildeat is belleved to be one of the largest ' ever kiled in the province, ° (CP Photo) Bombers Sign. Star Half- Back Gerry James For Next Season | WINNIPEG (CP)—Winnipeg Blue Bombers to- ‘day announced the signing of star Canadian hallf- hack Gerry James for the 1955 Western Interprovin- cial Football Union season, No salary terms were announ. - ‘ced bul apparently Bombers out. ‘Art Olson Tops ‘hid the Toronto Maple Lents | At Mixed 10-Pins ‘hockey club for the services of, ‘the 20-year-old hockey-playing ! Art Olson chalked up a high ‘footballer, who was named the |single of 2!7 and a high three of most valuable Canadian football |g29 to pace the Mixed Ten Pin player in the country last year. ‘Bowling League Sunday, _ James, who tolled for ‘Toronto! ‘Martboros of the Ontarlo Hockey | ' Association juntor A elreult this winter, carlier was undecided , ;Whether ta play professional Pat aeether three games for i checkey in the Maple Leaf or-: ganization or remain with the} Dominoes took both team hon. ‘Blue Bombers, for whom he has ors with a single-game total af played since 1952, ‘835 and a team high three of James’ signing 12434, : ( In the women's division Jean Sharpe rolled a 199 game ‘for high single and Linda Erickson brings the! Bombers’ roster lo 34, Including | Results: “10 imports. 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