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Page |6 THE TERRACE BAY NEWS SPORTS BEAT mS Cl mth y One of those days There are some days when deadlines are almost impossible to meet, even for columnists. Today is one of those times when the mind is a mite cloudy and ideas don't develop quickly. Sitting and staring out a wide window at smog, fast cars, frozen snow and large neon signs doesn't help much. Look- ing around the office for a 'touch of inspiration isn't work- ing. Idle chats with other staf- fers and a few more minutes of staring also scores zero. Maybe a nibble at lunch with the boss will help -- he's usual- ly good for stimulating conver- sation and a host of timely tid- bits of information from the realm of sportdom. Nope, this time he's carrying on about some scientific stuff. Oh well, back to the window and more inspirational thoughts. Good, there's the phone. Could it be one of my agents with a white hot item? No such luck. Some character calling the wrong department. He asked for the morgue and it took a few minutes to explain he had mis-dialed. Hmmm. Come to think of it he might have been right, judging from the tomblike silence of the typewriters around here today. Wow, it's almost two o'clock and still no column. Some- body's going to be offering me as a burnt sacrifice if I don't click the keys in a hurry. In fact, I'm about 459 seconds away from deadline. Okay, here goes. The Toronto Maple Leafs will win the Stanley Cup defeating the Montreal Canadiens in five games. Toronto has the best balance of any club in the cir- cuit with the Habs skating a close second. Another mark of excellence for manager-coach Punch Im- lach's book is his cunning se- lection' of young players to blend with his established. pen- sioners. He's come up with quite a gunny sack of fresh talent, al- though he has had to suffer the past couple of schedules while it was spawned in the lower echelons of the minors. Now his "kids" are through with the formula feeding and are ready for a regular steak diet. Punch has Brian Conacher, Jim Pappin, Larry Jeffrey, Pete Stemkowski and John Brenna- men as first stringers. Standing by eagerly in the wings, ready for star billings, are Mike Wal- ton, Barry Watson, Brit Selby and Jim McKenny. There's no other club in the National Hockey League which can boast of such a supply of superb talent. Each player has . at least 10 hockey seasons ahead of him. About the only other NHL club which comes close in this category is the Boston Bruins, and they have too many mediocre veterans helping the youngsters to make them a definite threat this year. Imlach has masterminded an excellent rebuilding program, especially with the expansion draft coming up after the sea- son when the NHL expands from six to 12 teams. He has brought up the top talent in his farm system and is now relying on the new clubs to stay away from his veterans during the draft, hoping they feel his Stanleys, Hortons, Armstrongs and Kellys are too old to serve any real purpose for the gigan- tic building task the new en- tries must accomplish. Yikes! I've only got about 27 seconds left before deadline and I need another paragraph. Think, man, think. It's not working and now I'm down to 11 seconds. I knew it, here comes the boss. Can't that guy ever be late once? Er, yessir, it's finished, well almost. But sir, please don't tear it out of MY tYPOWL. «wre sis. 5 December. 15, 1966 LADIES' CURLING CLUB NEWS a eee eee ' The initial qualifying round for Division placement is now completed and teams have been placed in their respective Divisions. After the 5 games, 2 teams had a 4 win | loss record, and 5. teams were tied with 3 wins and 2 losses. Because of this, it was necessary to draw rinks to decide which 4 of these 5 teams would be placed in "A" Division. Listed below jssthe placement of teams for the Ist. of 3 rounds to be played for the Seagram's ("A" Div.) and Laskin's ("B" Div.) Trophies. Following the Ist. 2 rounds ( of 5 games each), teams will be re-grouped in the 2 Divisions accord- ing to points. A winin "A" Div. is worth 10 points and a win in "B" Division 9-1/2 points. After the second round, teams will be placed in their final Division, points are retained, and the 3rd. and final round of 5 games, will then provide a winner and runner-up in "A" and "B" Division. "A" Division - Win - 10 points: P.Wellings, N. Crockford, 1. Romaniuk, K. Thorsteinson, O. Chapman, B.B ouchard. "B" Division - Win - 9-1/2 points: S.Duquette, M.Hale, A.Latour, H.LaFon- taine, L.Gavin, D.Clancy. Note: Ladies are reminded to turn in their turkey draw tickets this week as the draw will take place this Saturday at the Christmas party. Good Curling! Hung with care - The custom of hanging stockings for Santa at Christmas began centuries ago in Amsterdam, when youngsters realized that a stocking would stretch and thus hold more than a wooden shoe, the traditional receptacle for holiday gifts until that time. MONSTER Turkey Bingo SPONSORED BY THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SCHREIBER GUILD HALL: 8.00 p.m. DECEMBER 16 Bus Leaving Recreation Centre at 7.30 p.m. -NO CARD CUTTING - A TURKEY FOR EVERY WINNER ADM.$1.50 FOR 20 GAMES - 25¢ extra card