10 THE CITIZEN Tuesday October 1 1968 fiT t V V Coming out of a turn at the Prince George Motorcycle Clubs new track Duffy photos Mefz Wins Pair Af Weekend Meef Ron Metz of Prince George won the 50 lap Grand Prix and the 250 cc class race at the Prince George Motorcycle Clubs new flat track on Sunday A crowd of about ICO saw Metz flash to twin victories at the 15 - mile track located a mile and a half behind the Hart High Highway ¬ way weigh scales Dave Labonte of Prince George won the 100 cc event while Gil Neufield of Dawson Creek cap captured ¬ tured the 500 cc street class A total of 15 bikes entered tl e arious competitions including s even riders from Daw son Creek Half of the entries were in the street class The top finishers 100 cc event 1 Dave La Labonte ¬ bonte 2 Gunner Christensen prince George 3 Gil Neufield 250 cc 1 Ron Metz 2 Errol Erickson Dawson Creek 3 Don Thackeray Prince George 4 Leo Couturier Dawson Creek Grand Prix 1 Ron Metz 2 Led Szmek 3 Errol Erick Erickson ¬ son 500 cc open 1 Gil Neu Neufield ¬ field 2 Lonnie Muglich Powder Puff 1 Marilyn Szmek 2 Chris Wood In the most spectacular spill of the day Walter Bitz Triumph 650 lost its front end and flip ped over several times Ditz escaped unhurt The motorcycle club has ten tentatively ¬ tatively scheduled another meet on the weekend after next if the weather permits Son mn -jp EHI mmir TTnHUHK HHH Errol Erickson of Dawson Creek flashes past in the 250 cc competition Erickson finished second Trevino Arrives For Rich Alcan Tournament SOUTIIPORT England AP IS Open champion Lee Trevino in cowboy lwots and stetson hat came to Britain Monday In search of moie golf gold and sneered at the bad weather Those cats will have to walk the same trail I do the 28 j ear old Texan said as he ar rived foi the Wednesdaj open ing of the Alcan tournament which dangles a first prize of about 55 0 That rain falls on every bod Treino commented I 11 just play m lest its my flist time oer heie and I just don t want people to frown on me and say he s not good after all As for the boots and the cow boy hat he quipred Its just a costume The first time I wore the boots I fell four times In the first five minutes And the hat doesnt fit Its not even ten allon Trelno led an American cir cult challenge of 14 professional golfers making up an international field of 24 for the second annual Mean title With him was Ca Brewer who won the first one last year at St An drews in Scotland NEW YORK RANGERS Coachs Answer Score More Points GREEN BAY Wis AP - Little Things mean a Lot was a popular song a few years ago Green Bay Packers weie singing the same tune Monday The little things lesulted Sunday in Green Bays 23 17 loss to Detroit Lions The defeat left the defending National Football League champions with a 1 2 rtcoid and tied for last in the Central Division Basically we have to scoie more points and allow fewei Packets coach Phil Bengston said We hae to get moie consistent he said analyzing his teams defeat I n order to win were going to have to eliminate the little mistakes De Defensive ¬ fensive end Willie Davis echoed the coach IN STRONGER SHAPE Bernie Stays Behind The Bench KITCHEN EH CP - Dernlc Doom Doom Geoffrlon Is on the outside looking in this year lii the National Hockey League New ork Rangers rookie coach knew It In training camp but he still went out and Joined the scrimmage ou know theres no wa I can play with these guys any more he said trying to catch his breath Sure I scored two goals In scrimmage but this year Im going to have to win from be1 hind the bt nch i Ive always been a winner and I want to staj one STOMACH SURGERY The veterin right winger made a brilliant NHL comeback In 19CC with New York after two I years as coich of Quebec Aces In the A m t r I c a n Hockey League scoring 17 goals and 12 oolnts Dut major stomach surgery last sun mer enled his pluylng career The 37 year old former Mont real Canadlen named to coach the Rangers In June has a strong team to guide We went Into ttu drift meet Ing In Montreal trying to keep the plajers responsible for oui second place finish last eai general manager Emlle Trancls said In an Interview Were in a stronger position than we were at this time last season because we have the plaers we want in camp now Dont forget we didnt get Ron Stewart until Novenber last year In the deal with St Louis for Red Derenson Francis traded deftneeman Wayne JI 11 1 m a n and jooklo Panny Seguin and Joey John ston to Minnesota North Stars in June for left winger Davu R alon and Gioffrlon couldnt bo happier MJ played with Pavey In Montreal so J know what hc can do Geoffrlon said lie tan play at centre Jeft oj t right wmg and he Is a good checker With lc Hadfleld out with a bad shoulder part of last season and Donnle Marshall not getting any younger we knew we needed someone like Daey Dalon played for the Rangers In the early 1960s before his tluceyear stint with the Cana U1C II9 WIIU uiu uui ituiti1 linn j in uio uu arait Geoffrlon who will carry flvo defencemen two goaltenders three lines and two extra for w irds this season was ob vlousl pleased with the veter veterans ¬ ans at training camp Stewart Is skating better than ever he s unbelievable foj a guy 30 yeais old Geoffrlon sild And Hariy Howell Is simply amazing Hes In better shape than Inlf the younger players In camp Howell 35 Is starting his 17th season with the Rangers Howell Anile Drown Rod Selling and Jim Nellson named to the second all star team last season will form the nucleus of Geoffrlons defence And rookie Drad Park 20 a product of To Toronto ¬ ronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A se rles may get the nod over Allan Hamilton as his fifth defence man Hamilton 22 from Flln Hon Man Is trying to make the Rangers lineup for the third time He played for Duffalo Bl sons New Yorks AHL farm club last year Phil Goyette will again centre for team cajtaln Dob Nevln and Marshall Goyette had 23 goals and -10 assists last season while Neln scored 58 points Includ Ing 28 gmls HOT COMBINATION The line of centre Jean Ra telle right winger Rod Gilbert and Hadfleld was the hottest combination at the Rangers canrp WEDNESDAY IN ST LOUIS Aces Set For Series Opener ST LOUIS AP - Denny McLaln with 31 victories is the American Leagues biggest win ner In 37 years Bob Gibson with an earned run average of 112 is the National Leagues stingiest pitcher ever Theyll face each other Wednesday when Detroit Tigers take on St Louis Cardinals in the first game of the World Se rles but Mayo Smith Isnt im pressed You put two good pitchers against each other and World Series Schedule NEW YORK AP Schedule for the 1968 World Series be tween Detroit Tigers of the American League and St Louis Cardinals of the National League Time Is Eastern Day light Wednesday Oct 2 first game at St Louis 2pm Thursday Oct 3 second game at St Louis 2 pm Friday Oct 4 open date for travel Saturday Oct 5 third game at Detroit 1 pm Sunday Oct 6 fourth game at Detroit 1 pm Monday Oct 7 fifth game IX necessary at Detroit 1 pm Tuesday Oct 8 open date for travel Wednesday Oct 9 sixth game if necessary at St Louis 2pm Thursday Oct 10 seventh game If necessary at St Louis 2pm In case of rain the entire schedule will be moved back one day everybody builds them up as the biggest thing since gangbus lers said Smith who managed the Tigers to 103 victories this year Then the whole thing ends up disappointing All pitching duels do Often one of the pitch ers gets bombed out FIVE STRAIGHT However Gibson has yet to be bombed out He lost his first Se rles start Oct 8 1964 to New York Yankees Since then the right hander has posted five straight series victories two over the Yankees and three over Boston Red Sox last year And in those five games the 31 year old fireballer allowed an average of only six hits and less than two runs a game A victory over the Tigers Wednesday would vault Gibson into a tie for the most consecu tive games won in a Series a mark shared by Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing both of the Yankees FIRST SERIES McLain on the other hand has no Series history He was only one year old in 1945 the last time the Tigers were in volved in a Series He did slice off a piece of history this season by winning 31 games which made him the first pitcher to win that many since Lefty Grove in 1931 Despite what his manager says the match up Is one of the most glamorous in Series play Both pitchers should be well rested Gibson pitched Friday night when he shut out Houston Astros and McLaln just missed his 32nd victory against Wash ington Senators Saturday McLaln will be facing the same Cardinal line up that won the National League pennant by nine games Umps Drop Strike Plans CHICAGO AP Major league umpires met Monday and decided not to hold a World Series strike but agreed on a general strike next spring unless two discharged American League umpires are reinstated Al Salerno and Bill Valentine both recently fired by American League president Joe Cronin prevailed on the group not to hold a World Series strike Salerno and Valentine issued a joint statement saying We do not wish to deprive the American people and baseball fans of their annual classic due to the wrongful conduct of one man Meanwhile the A m e r I c a n League umpires voted to form a Hammerin Hank Talks Retirement ATLANTA Ga AP Ham Hammerin ¬ merin Hank Aaron mainstay of Atlanta Braves for 15 years says old age is starting to over overtake ¬ take him at the age of 34 I may not be playing after next year Aaron said Monday but he said he still had not reached a decision on whether to retire after the 1969 National League baseball season Aarons statistics for 1968 were below par for the veteran slugger but he still played in 160 games slammed 29 homers batted 287 drove In 86 runsanc stole 28 bases A two run homer in Atlantas last game of the season Sunday gave him a career total of 510 only shy of Mel Otts seventh place spot and only two back of Eddie Mathews sixth place ranking on baseballs all time home run chart I want to have one more good season Aaron said One more good year will put me past some pretty good mile milestones ¬ stones joint association with the Nation al League arbiters Jack Reynolds a Chicago lawyer who helped organize the Association of National League Umpires in 1963 presided at the meeting and announced that the National League had unani mously agreed to take the rival league umpires into their asso association ¬ ciation and rename it the Major League Umpires Association Salerno 37 and an umpire in the American League since 1961 and Valentine 35 an American League umpire since 1962 were fired Sept 16 byCro nin who claimed they were in competent COMPLETE OUTFITTERS FOR THE COWBOY Specializing in saddles and tack Western Outfits Western Shirts Jeans Dresses Cowboy Boots S PARKWOOD ADDLERY Parkwood Mall TIRE STORE 1 688 - 20th Ave Prince George Phone 564 7127 149 Sale ONLY 4 MORE DAYS 1st LINE WINTER TIRES HI UNIR0YALI SUPER WINTERRIDE Full 4 ply Nylon excellent in snow qmet on dry pavement SUMMER TIRES ALSO CN AIE The three outfielders Lou Brock Curt Tlood and Hoger Maris will come first followed by first baseman Orland Cepeda catcher Tim McCarver third baseman Mike Shannon second baseman Julian Javier and shortstop Dal Maxvlll For Gibson the Tigers will have a slightly revised line up The revision revolves around the insertion of Mickey Stanley at shortstop Smith wanted to get Al Kaline into the line up and the only way he could do It was by bringing Stanley In from centre field Kaline long the leading slug ger of the Tigers broke his right arm early in the season and by the time he was ready to return the Tigers were going so well Smith didnt want to dls turb the combination Now Smith wants the vet erans bat to help spice up the offence Smith will have second base baseman ¬ man Dick McAullffe leading off followed by Stanley and right fielder Kaline then first base man Norm Cash left fielder Willie Horton centre fielder Jim Northrup catcher Dill Treehan and third baseman Don Wert Tigers Outdraw Cards NEW YORK AP Detroit Tigers edged St Louis Cardi Cardinals ¬ nals In home attendance figures for the 1968 baseball season The Tigers led the majors in attendance attracting 2031847 fans as they won their first American League pennant in 23 years That was 20670 more than St Louis the National League leaders with 2011177 The Cardinals winning their second consecutive National League pennant dropped 89661 from their 1967 total attendance The Tigers were up 086663 over their 1967 figures Over all attendance was up in the American League and down in the National The National League attracted 1178536 compared with 1292 185 last year The Americans were up to 1172942 in 1968 after drawing 10883915 a year ago MB MB vrfipsjHf wPHm f TTTi nWrB IKllIRl There are very few things mlilflf left for the men in this Ui world jgSlffi This smooth dark rum j is one of them Thi advtrtittmenl it not publithed of d tplayd by th liquor Control Board or by the Government of Br t h Columb a