12
I
THE
CITIZEN
Monday
May
8
1972
Williams
Lake
makes
the
tri
city
circuit
scene
Strong
showing
by
PGARA
group
By
Ron
Allerton
Citittn
Sportt
Editor
The
green
flag
Is
now
down
at
two
of
the
three
stops
on
the
tri
city
racing
circuit
A
large
group
of
Prince
George
stock
car
racers
and
fans
helped
the
Williams
Lake
club
get
its
season
started
Sunday
afternoon
There
were
16
cars
on
hand
nine
modlfieds
and
seven
super
stocks
and
seven
cars
were
from
Prince
George
The
16
drivers
put
their
cars
through
80
laps
In
seven
races
on
a
cold
showery
day
PGARA
driver
Bert
Prest
was
fastest
In
the
super
stock
time
trials
with
a
clocking
of
19
4
seconds
on
the
narrow
rather
unusual
oval
Lloyd
McLennan
president
of
the
Lake
City
Auto
Racers
was
quickest
in
the
modified
time
trials
running
past
the
watches
In
a
quick
16
4
PGARA
super
stock
driver
Joe
Sabatino
who
worked
all
last
weekend
In
an
unsuccessful
attempt
to
make
the
PGARA
opener
won
two
of
three
races
In
the
super
stock
class
The
only
other
double
winner
was
Quesnels
Doug
Larson
now
driving
the
old
Uncle
Bens
Special
campaigned
last
season
by
Prince
Georges
Al
Belanger
Single
wins
went
to
McLennan
Prest
and
Quesnels
Dave
Peebles
Sabatino
In
competition
for
the
first
time
with
his
361
cubic
inch
Dodge
powered
out
of
the
pole
position
to
take
the
checkered
In
the
super
stock
trophy
dash
Haven
Cook
was
second
and
Bert
Prest
third
Larson
came
from
the
second
row
to
win
the
modified
dash
crossing
ahead
of
McLennan
and
Williams
Lakes
Richard
Robert
Sabatino
made
It
two
in
a
row
In
the
super
stock
heat
after
an
excltlngdlce
with
Quesnels
Gordon
Glesbrecht
who
finished
second
ahead
of
Prince
Georges
Ed
Delorme
whos
doing
wonders
as
a
rookie
driver
In
a
clalmer
class
car
McLennan
gave
the
home
town
fans
something
to
cheer
as
he
won
the
10
lap
modified
heat
Bob
Magee
of
Williams
Lake
was
second
and
Brian
Green
of
Prince
George
third
For
Green
it
was
also
his
first
time
In
action
with
an
Impressive
looking
modified
that
used
to
be
driven
by
Larry
Sproule
of
Langley
The
super
stock
20
lap
main
event
was
one
that
Sabatino
would
like
to
forget
quickly
but
Prest
will
long
savor
Sabatino
built
what
appeared
to
be
a
comfortable
lead
and
eased
up
a
bit
after
the
halfway
point
But
Prest
was
steadily
gaining
Prest
appeared
content
to
settle
for
second
coming
out
of
turn
four
and
charging
for
the
line
But
Sabatino
looked
back
and
saw
a
car
he
didnt
expect
to
see
over
cooked
the
corner
and
bit
and
went
out
of
shape
enough
to
let
Prest
take
the
closest
win
of
the
day
Should
1
be
mad
or
happy
asked
Sabatino
In
the
pits
later
Are
you
sure
you
arent
the
ball
seems
to
be
the
question
asked
by
the
Northwood
player
at
left
as
he
appears
to
be
directing
a
kick
at
a
Labatts
United
player
during
North
Cariboo
Soccer
League
opening
action
at
Rotary
Stadium
Sunday
Actually
he
has
just
booted
the
ball
out
of
view
There
was
no
confusion
on
the
part
of
Labatts
as
they
took
advantage
of
inept
Northwood
to
the
tune
of
12
0
In
other
games
Interior
Traders
downed
Toltec
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and
Kickers
defeated
Centennials
6
2
From
May
19
to
June
4
Festival
of
Sports
will
be
busy
again
The
third
annual
BC
Festival
of
Sports
is
just
around
the
corner
with
much
to
see
and
do
for
participants
and
spectators
in
the
Prince
George
area
During
the
first
festival
in
1970
there
were
just
four
events
listed
for
Prince
George
Last
year
that
total
grew
to
some
20
events
and
this
year
there
will
be
at
least
a
dozen
The
festival
covering
two
weeks
and
three
weekends
runs
from
May
19
to
June
4
As
is
usually
the
case
the
busiest
time
by
far
will
be
the
holiday
weekend
this
month
The
co
ordinator
of
events
in
this
area
is
Lome
Houston
pres
president
¬
ident
of
the
1972
White
Spruce
Winter
Carnival
Committee
Events
during
the
first
weekend
of
the
festival
include
the
annual
Northern
Hardware
Isle
Pierre
Canoe
Race
May
21
a
bantam
lacrosse
tournament
the
popular
soap
box
derby
May
21
and
22
a
four
day
10
team
senior
B
softball
tournament
May
19
to
22
a
regional
tennis
tournament
May
20
to
22
stock
car
racing
at
Williams
Lake
May
20
and
21
and
at
the
PGARA
Speedway
here
May
22
a
doub
doubleheader
¬
leheader
motorcycle
races
May
20
and
21
and
two
parades
the
annual
Elks
parade
on
the
holiday
Monday
and
a
Saturday
parade
as
part
of
the
Kinsmen
convention
The
annual
spring
horse
show
is
set
for
the
next
weekend
May
27
and
28
There
are
three
events
set
for
Many
nights
to
sell
Orr
MINNEAPOLIS
A
P
Wren
Blair
recalls
spending
many
evenings
in
Bobby
Orrs
home
at
Parry
Sound
Ont
talking
hockey
and
making
his
sales
pitch
Blair
then
a
Boston
scout
was
convincing
Orr
now
a
National
Hockey
League
su
superstar
¬
perstar
to
sign
a
Junior
A
amateur
card
that
would
com
commit
¬
mit
him
to
the
Bruins
organi
organization
¬
zation
I
pretty
near
moved
into
the
Orr
residence
for
two
years
recalled
Blair
now
general
manager
of
Minne
Minnesota
¬
sota
North
Stars
When
Bobby
was
14
1
signed
him
to
Junior
A
card
to
play
for
Osh
awa
Generals
of
the
Ontario
Hockey
Association
Junior
A
series
In
those
days
it
was
strictly
salesmanship
said
Blair
Scouts
were
like
insur
insurance
¬
ance
salesmen
We
all
had
a
policy
to
sell
with
almost
the
same
divi
dividends
¬
dends
It
was
whoever
could
talk
in
the
living
room
the
best
Blair
is
still
making
a
per
persuasive
¬
suasive
s3les
pitch
with
the
North
Stars
Already
he
has
signed
all
but
three
of
his
NHL
players
for
next
season
virtually
shutting
out
the
new
World
Hockey
Associations
chances
at
acquiring
a
Minne
Minnesota
¬
sota
player
That
doesnt
mean
the
other
three
arent
signed
ei
either
¬
ther
said
Blair
I
dont
think
any
other
NHL
team
is
even
close
to
the
number
of
players
I
signed
said
Blair
who
has
signed
a
new
three
year
contract
him
himself
¬
self
the
festivals
final
weekend
highlighted
by
the
Associated
Canadian
Travellers
annual
rodeo
June
2
to
4
which
is
going
professional
for
the
first
time
Other
final
weekend
events
are
an
age
class
swim
meet
at
the
Four
Seasons
Pool
June
3
and
a
provincial
archery
com
competition
¬
petition
June
3
and
4
The
popular
loggers
sports
will
not
be
part
of
the
festival
here
this
year
but
they
havent
been
forgotten
The
Prince
George
committee
plans
an
exhibition
sometime
prior
to
their
big
annual
show
Aug
12
and
13
as
part
of
the
annual
Prince
George
Exhibi
Exhibition
¬
tion
There
will
be
some
60000
up
for
grabs
for
loggers
throughout
the
province
this
year
and
the
Prince
George
show
with
5000
in
prize
money
is
the
second
lar
largest
¬
gest
in
BC
behind
the
Pacific
National
Exhibition
During
the
festival
of
sports
there
are
three
loggers
sports
events
at
least
one
of
which
is
expected
to
attract
Prince
George
area
loggers
They
are
in
Port
Alberni
May
21
Victoria
May
22
and
Terrace
May
27
and
28
Detailed
stories
on
various
Festival
of
Sports
events
will
appearinTheCitizen
sports
sec
section
¬
tion
during
the
next
two
weeks
Throughout
the
province
from
May
18
to
June
5
more
than
320
events
will
be
held
in
some
100
communities
involving
42
dif
different
¬
ferent
sports
tiiiMr
fciHJUUJlUICT
Prince
Georges
Paul
Di
Benedetto
could
face
a
tough
assignment
if
he
hopes
to
win
the
Canadian
amateur
boxing
lightweight
championship
The
132
pounder
won
the
Western
Canadian
title
in
Calgary
last
month
then
awaited
news
of
the
East
Eastern
¬
ern
Canada
champion
de
decided
¬
cided
during
the
weekend
The
rumor
was
the
east
eastern
¬
ern
winner
would
likely
be
Canadian
champion
Jose
Martinez
a
member
of
SEPT
ILES
Que
CP
Montreal
fighters
won
five
of
the
10
weight
division
titles
Sun
Sunday
¬
day
at
the
Eastern
Canadian
amateur
boxing
championships
Among
the
Montreal
victors
were
Ian
Clyde
who
took
the
105
pound
class
from
Luc
Mal
tais
of
Sept
Iles
by
decision
Leo
Sauve
who
captured
the
119
pound
class
by
decision
from
fellow
Montrealer
Richard
Doutre
and
Paul
Collette
who
also
defeated
a
Montrealer
Yvan
Macteau
to
take
the
125
pound
division
by
decision
The
other
Montreal
winners
were
Jose
Martinez
who
stopped
Camil
Huard
of
Chan
Chandler
¬
dler
Que
by
a
decision
in
the
132
pound
class
and
Michel
Briere
who
outpunched
Bob
Proulx
of
Kitchener
Ont
for
a
decisionvictoryin
the
139
pound
category
Carroll
Morgan
of
Antigonish
NS
defeated
Guy
Carrignan
of
4
0
sweep
QUELPH
Ont
CP
Guelph
CMCs
blanked
Red
Deer
Hus
Hustlers
¬
tlers
3
0
here
Friday
night
to
sweep
the
Centennial
Cup
finals
in
four
straight
games
I
guess
t
should
be
happy
1
won
two
out
of
three
Prest
wasnt
saying
much
except
He
knew
I
was
back
there
but
he
was
wearing
a
big
grin
Rain
caused
a
hatf
hour
delay
before
the
20
lap
modified
and
the
car
Is
going
real
good
I
just
blew
it
son
put
his
foot
Into
it
and
built
a
big
lead
to
win
easily
For
the
second
consecutive
race
Bob
Magee
and
Brian
Green
finished
second
and
third
A
four
car
10
lap
race
for
B
modilieds
only
was
won
by
Quesnels
Dave
Peebles
with
Garnet
Grimard
of
Quesnel
second
and
Richard
Robert
of
Williams
Lake
third
The
most
distant
visitor
was
Doug
Bowell
chairman
of
the
BC
Oval
Track
Co
ordinating
Committee
who
pulled
his
modified
all
the
way
from
Nanalmo
to
have
a
look
at
how
things
are
shaping
up
on
B
Cs
newest
racing
circuit
The
cars
are
back
at
the
PGARA
Speedway
this
Sunday
with
time
trials
at
1
pm
and
racing
an
hour
later
The
May
holiday
weekend
will
be
the
biggest
and
noisiest
ever
for
stock
cars
in
the
Central
Interior
with
no
less
than
four
shows
on
the
three
days
On
the
Saturday
and
Sunday
there
Is
racing
In
Williams
Lake
and
on
the
Holiday
Monday
there
Is
an
afternoon
and
early
evening
doubleheader
in
Prince
George
Quesnel
is
set
to
pave
its
track
and
will
become
the
third
stop
on
the
tri
city
circuit
June
4
Sports
Canadas
Pan
-
American
Games
team
last
summer
and
a
member
of
the
Cana
Canadian
¬
dian
team
which
toured
Europe
last
fall
along
with
Prince
George
heavyweight
and
Canadian
champion
Jack
Meda
The
rumors
were
right
Martinez
won
the
eastern
title
and
his
bout
with
Di
Benedetto
in
the
Canadian
championships
in
Saska
Saskatoon
¬
toon
May
26
and
27
should
be
one
of
the
best
fights
on
the
card
Asbestos
Que
to
take
the
heavyweight
decision
Two
Windsor
Ont
boxers
also
won
titles
Jim
French
took
the
165
pound
class
by
decision
over
Fred
Corrigan
of
Charlo
NB
and
Charlie
Stewart
won
the
178
pound
class
after
the
referee
stopped
his
bout
with
Royal
Lafontaine
of
Hull
Que
in
the
third
round
All
fights
were
three
rounders
Jean
Paul
Seguin
also
of
Hull
fared
better
than
Lafon
Lafontaine
¬
taine
winning
the
165
pound
class
by
defeating
Rino
Thi
beault
of
Sept
Iles
in
a
clean-hard-fought
match
that
kept
the
3000
fans
cheering
Leo
Charles
Pelletier
out
punched
Michel
Trevost
of
Montreal
to
win
the
147
pound
division
by
a
decision
Jean
La
voie
of
Sept
Iles
won
the
112
pound
class
after
the
referee
stopped
his
bout
with
Charles
Adams
of
Sackville
NB
in
the
third
round
AU
winners
advance
to
the
Canadian
amateur
boxing
championships
scheduled
for
May
26
in
Saskatoon
Sask
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find
competition
Molsons
Oldstylers
were
gunning
to
establish
themselves
early
in
the
North
Central
Lac
Lacrosse
¬
rosse
Associations
pre
season
tournament
last
week
and
came
out
with
a
record
of
two
wins
and
no
losses
but
they
managed
to
win
by
only
a
slim
one
goal
mar
margin
¬
gin
each
time
The
Labatts
Blues
and
Colum
Columbus
¬
bus
Macs
both
stayed
within
striking
distance
through
both
games
Just
as
the
teams
were
evenly
matched
the
scoring
was
evenly
distributed
among
the
three
teams
The
Blues
had
seven
players
in
the
top
19
scorers
the
Stylers
and
the
Macs
each
placed
six
players
on
the
list
In
the
top
10
bracket
of
the
scoring
race
the
Stylers
had
the
upper
hand
with
four
players
mentioned
while
the
Blues
and
the
Macs
each
had
three
All
three
teams
got
into
the
top
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wins9
Jose
three
as
Stylers
Grant
Skipper
headed
the
list
with
nine
goals
and
five
assists
for
14
points
Macs
Al
Mottishaw
followed
one
point
back
with
six
goals
and
seven
assists
for
13
points
and
Blues
defenceman
Ken
Goss
also
claimed
13
points
on
three
goals
and
10
assists
Macs4
rookie
goaltender
Ron
Edgar
came
out
as
the
tour
tournaments
¬
naments
top
goalie
on
a
new
goaltending
rating
system
On
the
new
system
a
goaltender
is
given
rating
points
for
each
department
of
goaltending
statistics
so
he
is
judged
on
his
overall
performance
rather
than
on
just
one
statistic
Statistics
taken
into
account
ire
minutes
played
goals
against
average
goals
against
per
game
saves
save
percen
percentage
¬
tage
and
assists
Edgar
was
credited
with
25
points
and
Blues
Harvy
Chomet
ski
was
a
close
second
with
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The
regular
schedule
begins
Tuesday
with
the
Stylers
facing
the
Macs
in
the
season
opening
game
at
8
30
pm
at
the
Coliseum
Top
Scorers
G
A
Pt
Skipper
Stylers
9
5
14
Mottishaw
Macs
6
7
13
Goss
Blues
3
10
13
Muslims
Stylers
7
3
10
Mcintosh
Macs
5
5
10
G
Jakubec
Stylers
2
8
10
Campbell
Blues
8
1
9
Ciolfitto
Stylers
3
5
8
Howard
Macs
4
2
6
Wagner
Blues
3
3
6
Astormo
Blues
3
3
6
Fulks
Macs
1
5
6
March
Blues
4
1
5
H
Jakubec
Stylers
3
1
4
B
Jakubec
Stylers
2
2
4
Mottishaw
Stylers
2
2
4
Foster
Blues
1
3
4
Nordstrom
Blues
2
1
3
Gourlie
Macs
12
3
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spot
for
Rota
NEW
WESTMINSTER
BC
AP
Netminder
John
David
Davidson
¬
son
of
Calgary
Centennials
led
the
way
in
league
awards
and
All
Star
selections
announced
Friday
by
the
Western
Canada
Hockey
League
Davidson
was
named
best
goaltender
garnering
18
of
a
possible
22
votes
from
team
man
managers
¬
agers
and
coaches
took
the
award
for
most
valuable
player
and
was
selected
to
the
first
All
Star
team
Other
members
of
the
first
team
are
centre
Tom
Lysiak
and
left
winger
Jeff
Ablett
both
of
Medicine
Hat
Tigers
right
win
winger
¬
ger
Blaine
Stroughton
of
FUn
Flon
Bombers
and
defenceman
Phil
Russell
of
Edmonton
Oil
Kings
On
the
second
team
are
goalie
Bernie
Germaine
of
Regina
Edmonton
wingers
Darcy
Rota
and
Don
Kozak
and
defencemen
Lawrence
Sacharuk
of
Saska
Saskatoon
¬
toon
Blades
and
Tom
Bladon
of
Edmonton
LACROSSE
at
the
ColUeum
TUESDAY
MAY
9th
MACS
STYLERS
Game
Time
830
pm
Orr
leads
Bruins
closer
to
victory
NEW
YORK
CP
-
When
Bobby
Orr
Is
going
right
hes
very
very
good
More
than
17250
New
York
fans
reluctantly
agreed
Sunday
afternoon
when
Orr
pulled
all
the
strings
In
steering
Boston
Bruins
to
a
3
2
victory
over
the
hometown
Rangers
The
Bruins
hold
a
3
1
edge
In
the
Stanley
Cup
final
and
will
have
home
Ice
advantage
Tues
Tuesday
¬
day
night
for
the
fifth
game
of
the
National
Hockey
Leagues
best-of-seven
final
Game
time
is
730
p
m
EDT
But
it
may
have
been
a
costly
victory
Orr
named
the
leagues
most
valuable
player
and
out
outstanding
¬
standing
defenceman
stopped
a
shot
with
his
already
Injured
left
knee
early
in
the
second
period
The
knee
began
to
swell
Im
Immediately
¬
mediately
I
dont
know
whose
shot
it
was
Orr
said
later
In
the
dressing
room
Someone
later
identified
Pete
Stemkowski
as
the
Ranger
who
pulled
the
trig
trigger
¬
ger
I
was
just
doing
what
a
defenceman
is
supposed
to
do
I
got
in
front
of
it
said
Orr
The
young
defenceman
plagued
by
injuries
to
the
same
knee
through
most
of
the
sea
season
¬
son
wasnt
hobbled
by
the
ail
ailing
¬
ing
leg
in
the
first
period
when
he
struck
for
two
quick
goals
and
engaged
Rangers
Brad
Park
in
a
wrestling
match
It
was
a
misunderstanding
he
said
of
the
encounter
ex
explaining
¬
plaining
the
two
just
rolled
and
that
we
didnt
get
in
any
punches
Park
who
scored
two
goals
in
the
Rangers
5
2
win
here
last
Thursday
also
shrugged
the
in
incident
¬
cident
off
as
a
misunder
misunderstanding
¬
standing
While
Orr
carried
the
early
play
it
was
veteran
Eddie
Johnston
who
contributed
the
turning
point
in
the
game
with
the
score
2
0
and
Bostons
Ken
Hodge
off
for
hooking
Bill
Fair
bairn
Peter
Stemkowski
who
picked
up
assists
on
the
two
New
York
goals
by
Ted
Irvine
and
Rod
Seiling
had
an
open
net
to
fire
into
with
Johnston
prone
on
the
ice
Stemkowski
made
the
right
move
lifting
the
puck
over
the
sprawled
figures
in
front
of
him
But
the
Boston
goaltender
unbeaten
in
six
post
season
games
this
year
recovered
to
smother
the
shot
Ww
Orr
who
set
Don
Marcotte
up
for
Bostons
third
goal
In
the
second
period
with
team
mate
Mike
Walton
off
for
high
stick
ing
was
hesitant
to
talk
of
his
own
performance
He
preferred
giving
Johnston
his
just
dues
So
did
Boston
coach
Tom
Johnson
who
called
the
veteran
goaltender
s
performance
great
While
Johnston
was
perform
performing
¬
ing
acrobatics
against
the
Rangers
New
York
goalie
Eddie
Giacomln
continued
to
show
a
weakness
on
close
In
shots
On
Orrs
first
goal
and
the
short
handed
score
by
Marcotte
the
veteran
goaltender
commit
committed
¬
ted
the
sin
of
going
down
to
cover
the
shots
In
both
cases
the
players
placed
their
drives
high
Glacomin
had
no
chance
on
Orrs
second
goal
a
30
foot
blazer
that
caromed
off
one
of
the
crowd
of
skates
in
front
of
the
New
York
goal
There
was
some
doubt
as
to
who
was
victimized
by
the
low
drive
before
it
eluded
the
Ranger
goalie
Giacomin
said
he
believed
the
shot
bounced
off
Walt
Tkaczuk
but
it
was
hard
to
tell
Emile
Francis
Hangers
gen
general
¬
eral
manager
coach
credited
Bostons
checking
game
with
pulling
off
the
first
away
vic
victory
¬
tory
of
the
series
Their
people
in
the
first
two
periods
did
a
great
job
of
block
blocking
¬
ing
shots
Francis
said
of
the
Bruins
Derek
Sanderson
was
excellent
on
faceoffs
all
day
Sanderson
who
along
with
New
Yorks
Bobby
Rousseau
started
a
string
of
fighting
in
infractions
¬
fractions
in
the
opening
period
appeared
settled
away
from
his
performance
of
three
days
be
before
¬
fore
when
he
was
on
the
ice
for
three
Ranger
power
play
scores
that
opened
a
3
0
New
York
lead
The
leaders
G
A
PI
Orr
B
4
13
22
Esposito
B
9
11
20
Bucyk
B
9
10
19
AlcKenzie
B
5
12
17
HadfieldNY
7
9
16
Gilbert
NY
7
8
15
Stanfield
B
7
8
15
Rousseau
NY
4
11
15
Hodge
B
8
5
13
Roberto
SL
7
6
13
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