Crucial Games for Dodgers, Braves THE CITIZEN Friday, September 25, 1959 iBARRY HAMELIN — Sports Editor — Phone LO 4-2441 Soccer Battle Begins Sunday The battle for Prince •trophy will enter its first Sunday. • Six teams will battle for the SSpaner.'s Trophy, emblematic of ithe city championship, in Mir.ee jfirst-vound games. ? The ni'.st of the day's action «j\vill got uiulorway at noon when JMackenzies tangle with Queens- ^way plunvbinK Star Kcjuiiiiment Jincl Nechak'o Heaters meet at |2:00 ]>.m., while Rustad. hosts SVanderhoof in the day's final fearne at 4:00 p.m. Mho <;kts the byk r One of the three winners of '•Sunday's action will l'cceive a Jbye into the second-round of the j.'hainpionsliLp competition next ^Sunday. ?¦ However tho lucky team • won't bo chosen until after • Sunday's action, when the «eo George's top senior soccer round at Connaught Park «>» draw is eon-filleted. ATackerizies will enter the phamjplonship series us slight .favorites — which doesn't mean too much. McKenzies finished the regular season one point ahead of Rustatl In the battle ifor the league. A 2-2 tie with IUistad in the final game of the (season preserved their margin of victory. UNKNOWN TEAMS Star Equipment and Vander-,hoof will be relatively unknown quantities in the competition. However both teams are expect; ed to put-up sti'Pf competition for the four teams from the .Prince George Soccer League. NOTICE TO BOYS ATTENDING RADAR BASE TOUR There will be a Kiwanis Bus leaving the Bus Depot at 9 15 a.m., SATURDAY, Sept 26 for Baldy Hughes USAAF Base There will be a General Meeting of the Prince George Badminton Club at the CIVIC CENTRE Monday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. To form a nominating committee for a new executive. General discussion re 1959-60 season. All Members and Prospective Members arc urged to attend. By ED WILKS Associated Press Staff Writer It's Don Drysdale, work ing in a jinx park, for Los Angeles and Lew Burdette facing a club he hasn't beer able to beat since May, foi Milwaukee as the Nationa League pennant race barrels into the final week-em" looking like it'll never end Drysdale, the big right-hancl er whose side-arm stuff made him the pitcher of the half-sea sun, faces the Chicago C'uhs a Wrigley Field today for the Dodgers, deadlocked with Mil waukpc for first place will three to play. The Braves play a night game against last-place I'hiUulelphk at .Milwaukee. COULI) MEAN l»LAYOFF The race could end in a tit between the Braves and the Dodgers. They then would meet in a best-of-three playoff, opening at Milwaukee Monday, to settle which one will meet Chi cago's American League champ n White Sox In the world series. The San Francisco- Giants could make it a three-way tie for first. Going into their final three games at St. Louis tonight^ the Giants are hobbling with a five-game losing string, their ongest of the season. To gain i tie, the Giants will have to weep the Cardinals and pray, the Dodgers and Braves each lose twice. Chicago's Cubs, who crash" <•lace. 52 DE SOTO Sedan A real nice car ....................... '56 PONTIAC 4-Dr. Hrdfp. STAR CHIEF. Auto, transmission and radio. '57 DODGE Sedan Automatic, custom radio ........-.. '57 FORD Sfn. Wagon FORDOR. 6-cylinder, radio and heater '56 FARGO Pickup A real buy at only ................. '53 FORD Pickup Automatic, radio Reg. $795. $1795. $2295. $2295. $795. Special $595 1895 1495 1995 1995 $595 Several Sedan Deliveries & Older Models at Give-away Prices PRINCE GEORGE MOTORS LTD. YOUR Jj|fgj|j| DEALER 492 GEORGE STREET (British-Built Economy Cars) LOgan 4-2471 Sports View.. By BARRY HAMELIN "I am fairly confident that we will have hockey in Prince George this year." These brave words were spoken by Tom Hen-nessy, genial manager of the Prince George Mohawks, while commenting on the present battle surrounding the Coliseum. Mr. Hennessey is an optimist. In "his capacity he has to be. Worry over the Coliseum foul-up that is presently providing a contro versational topic for local residents would only add a few more grey hairs to Hennessey's liberal collection plus a fine crop of ulcers. Tom Hennessey has to be optimistic. There is nothing he can do to remedy the situation. jr * • And The Plot Sickens The plot surrounding the Coliseum's present mess must have been written-by Earl Stanley Gardner. It's devious and twisting enough to make even his hero blanche with horror. ¦ Complete details of (he mess are probably only clear to an architect, which this scribe isn't. One thing is clear, however, somebody goofed. Now goofing, in itself, is nothing to be ashamed of. Everybody does it, in some form or another, every day. What is so sickening about this "goof" is that it may have been intentional. City Council states, and the architects grudgingly admit, that the lumber used in the Coliseum trusses was below the grade specified. Why was below grade lumber used? Was it because it was cheaper and more of a profit could be made by using it? I wonder if those responsible for building the trusses ever thought that the use of sub-grade lumber was endangering the lives of hundreds of people. Or was the quest lor the almighty buck so great that this person, or persons, was willing to take the chance, gambling your life and mine that the trusses would hold. Money, they say, can do wonders in silencing some people's conscience. * * * Hockey Future Uncertain Trying to peer into the murky minds of some people is a fruitless, and often frightening, occupation, so back to the hockey situation. At least as far as.it is presently known. City council will not open the Coliseum until an independent study has been made of the trusses and the building is judged to be safe. Then, and only then, will the doors be unlocked. Anyone for Badminton? Badminton buffs in Prince George will officially embrace the ll)59-()0 season Monday night in the Civic Centre. But the embrace will only be a tentative one. The Prince George Badmin tun.Club have called a mooting for 8:30 p.m. Monday in the Civic Centre. Object of the general meeting: to discuss the coming season and line-up new players. Doug Johnstone, club president, Jim Parwell, vice-president, Jo Benjafiold, treasurer, and Nancy Young, secretary, will preside over the meeting. COACHING PlJAXXKp One of the main objects of the meeting will be to determine the amount of newcomers interested In joining the club. 'Needless to say, anyone interested is welcome to attend the meeting.i The club expects to start off batting tin- "leathers off the bird" next Friday in the Civic Centre. And to make sure that the beginners swat the bird properly, the club expects to be able, to offer coaching to the novice. According to Jim Farwell, the club will have six courts setup in the Civic Centre and two oT them will be devoted to novices. SLIGHTLY STUMPED The club faces a slight problem, however, with one of the annual badminton tournaments held in the Cariboo during the winter season. The Cariboo Qhuiiipioiislilps may not be hold this year. The event, liHd here last year, is scheduled for Qucsnt'l early in thr new ye:u\ But lack'of interest in Ques-nel may kill the tournament. A decision of the event will be made after a general meeting is held by the Quesriel Badminton Club. The Prince George annual tournament, the North Central Open, will be held here again this season. 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