Coffee Break, Fellows? MILLING AROUND the exit to the dressing rooms are players from the Athletic and Choker hockey teams as they left the ice for a break between the second and third periods of last night's Commercial League game. The Chokers won the game 9-3 to move into sole possession of second place in the league standings, two points ahead of Giscome. But Giscome can tie it up again tonight with a win over the Rockets. Luck Needed in Grand National AINTREE, England (AP) — Twelve horses, five jumps and the saddle bag with the most luck ;trc the keys to the L13th running of Saturday's Grand National steeplechase. The other 2-1 'horses and 25 obstacles are not .supposed to mattm1 inucli. ' Well over half the horses are [not even expected to be on four ifeet after the first curcuit of the Musings of a Referee Alritree course. And if as many as 10 horses In the entire Held FOR COMPLETE SATISFACTION in NEW and USED TRUCKS oee Your . . . International Dealer WEST END MOTORS Largest Stock in tho North finish with riders still on their backs, this will have been a nighty tame — and dull — Grand National. !l .you bet "" TITicrctta, Mr. What, Green «11- i 1 I, Wyncl-liurgli, Turmoil or Eagle hmlgo, then your horse is an experienced clinsci; who has .successfully jumped Hie 4V&-mile course. Three other entries are good junipers and should finish. They are Kirs ten, Mr. Gray and Nic Atkins. The remainder of the key group Qxo, Slippery Serpent and Done Up who the bookies think have a chance. Mil,MONK BKT Millions of dollars will be riding on the event. The Irish Hospitals Sweepstake is based on the race. Tuesday, March 24,8 p.m. C.C.F. All interested golfers or potential golfers are urged to attend. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED CONTEMPLATING the ups-and-downs of being a referee, and probably wondering if it's worth all the abuse, was Al Swain from Kamloops as he watched the Mohawks go through practice last night. Swain is refereeing the hockey series between Vanderhoof and Prince George and will be in action over the week-end. And, so far, he's had no complaints. —Vandervoort Chokers Win, Hold Second Spot Chokers !), Athletics :$ The Commercial Hockey League resumed action last night after an unscheduled week layoff. But for the Athletics, the end of the layoff seemed too soon. to come The Athletics were given a 9-3 trouncing by the Chokers last night in their final game of the regular schedule. The. win moved the Chokers into sole possession of second place, two points ahead of Giscome. Giscome will have a chance to move back into a second place tie with the Chokers when they meet league-leading Rockets tonight at 8:00 p.m. Untested Goalie The Chokers went into last night's game without the services of regular goalie Mike Kory? Ink, who was out of town. In his place they used young Dan Croft, untested in Commercial League competition. : STANDINGS GP W Ij Rockets 1!) 14 4 Chokers 20 10 10 Giscome 19 8 9 Athletics 20 fi 13 And the youngster through, stopping 31 shots. Although most shots were of the easy variety, he had to ho good on several occasions. Wendall Brown in the Athletic net stopped 27 out of the 3G shots sent his way. The Chokers sifted through the Athletic defence almost at will during last night's contest, T Pts 1 29 0 ¦20 2 18 1 13 ca 111 C of 34 of tho London Not Scared of Patterson By JOHN FARROW LONDON (AP) — If Brian London is scared at the thought of meeting world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, he doesn't show it. "I am ready to meet Patterson tomorrow," he said today. "I am fit and ready." The former British heavyweight boxing champion goes into the ring against Patterson In a world title fight in Las Vegas, Nov., April 21. This one has been billed as a tuneup for Patterson in preparation for Fiis defence against Ingemar Johansson of Sweden in New York, probably June 21. London plans to leave for the United States next week to get "acclimatized." "I never have seen Patterson except in film's," he said. "But I am looking forward to the fight. I'll go in fighting and throwing punches. I've always given the crowd Us money's worth and I'll do it against Patterson." Toronto Beats Montreal, Gets Closer to Playoffs IT'S LUCKY when yea live in B.C. ... FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURS — DELICIOUS FOOD — GREAT BEERI largest selling beer in the entire west' freehdme.deiivervfphont' LQ 4.2919 LUUlVT lAbscJi V2M ""-"T""tisenient is not published or displayed by the liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. By GEORGE FRAJKOR Canadian Press Staff Writer Everybody said, as Toronto Maple Leafs wallowed around in the National Hockey League cellar, it appeared Toronto would have a fine team next year. The Leafs apparently have decided not. to wait. Thursday night, they battered the league-leading Montreal Canadiens 6-3 at "Montreal and frightened the wits out of New York Rangers. The Leafs have 01 points and arc in fifth place. New York, holding fourth, the last playoff spot, lias (i- points. Detroit U''«l Wings have 58. AJI have t*Vf> games c.r>r« U0, goal:-;, added his" 27th and 2Stb' Thursday night. (Hcorgo Armstrong be-camp the, sixth Leaf to reach (lie circle when he.tsi'orrd one. ttohhy Fulford scored his 2-nd goal. Ron Stewart, Billy Hams und Frank jNlaliovlich, the other Toronto 20-goal men, were blanked Thursday night. Bert Olmstead and Gerry Eh-man rounded out Toronto's scoring, Olmstead notching his 10th goal and Ehman his 11th. In 14 games this season against Montreal, Toronto lias lost eight, won five and tied one. The Toronto power was turned on against a rookie goalie. Regular Jacques Plante has a bad case of boils under his chin and Claude Pronovost, a much-travelled minor-leaguer currently working for Montreal Royals of the Quebec League, filled in. Leafs blasted ffve goals past him in the first two periods before Cniindiens sent in Claude Gj'1% 20-year-old from Hull-Ottawa Junior Canadiens. Toronto goalie Johnny Bower did an outstanding job stopping 20 Montreal shots. His goals-agalnst record per game now stands second only to that of Plante. ^Marcel Bonin, Phil Covetle and Ab McDonald beat Bower. Canadiens, incidentally, now have scored a record 251 goals, bettering their own 250 mark of last year. PRINCE GEORGE MOTORS IJD. the 'home of ; A-l Used Cars 492 George St. 4-2471 and if it hadn't been for Brown, their margin of victory would have been much greater. As it was, their margin was large enough. The Athletics, on the other hand, found the Choker defence a stiller nut to crack. And when they :00 p.m. — Dingwall vs Roine; and Wallace vs Burns. (Tuesday's draw will appear in this paper on Monday.) Barry Hamelin — Sports Editor — ins Tonight By THE CANADIAN PRESS Winnipeg Warriors and Saskatoon Quakers open a crucial homeland-home series at Winnipeg tonight. Despite the fact Winnipeg has the home ice advantage, the pressure is on the Warriors. Winnipeg trails third-place --------— Saskatoon by two points for the last playoff position. The1 Warriors must come out of the season-ending series with at least three points if it is to hold any hope of reaching the post-season action in the Western Hockey League. A win and a tie by Winnipeg would force a sudden-death contest next Tuesday for the last spot. The Quakers need only a victory to advance jinto the semi-final round against Edmonton Flyers. FLYERS EDGED There was only one game played Thursday night. Seattle Totems edged Spokane Flyers 5-4 at Spokane. The loss prevented Flyers from closing a four-point gap behind third-place Victoria in the coast, division and all but eliminated any hope by Spokane of finishing higher than fourth. However, the fourth-place finish gives Spokane a berth in the coast semi-finals against Vancouver Canucks. It is Flyers first season in the WHL. Last year they won the amateur Western international Hockey League playoff championship. Thursday night Flyers built up a -1-0 lead during the first half of the game, but wilted under Seattle pressure. Veteran Hudy Filion scored the winner 51 seconds from the finish, grabbing a rebound near the Spokane net and Hipping tlio puck past Flyers' netmindcr Emil Francis. Other Seattle scorers were Los Hunt, Bill MacFarland, Dave Rimstad and Gerry Leonard. Max Mckilok, Ron Attwell, Del Topoll and Ghlh'g Johnson scored for Flyers. Guyle Fielder, who sets a record every time he gets an assist for the remainder of the regular season, picked UP his 91st Thursday. 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