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CURLING NES Hudson's Bay Event 2 On Sunday last Frank Ross defeated Tommy Latour to take the Consolation side of this Event. This final had been put off on account of the Invitational Bonspiel and apparently the long layoff proved to be too much for Tommy and his boys, Congratulations to you, Frank, and your victorious rink, The final draw for the Trophy Champion= Ship between Thor Olsen and Jim MacDonald is scheduled for Friday evening at 9 PM and without question this will be "the' game to watch. Come on out and watch your favour- ites, Imperial Bank Event In Section "A", as of last nightts play, a way tie for first place is almost assur- ed, Here are the standings: a Rink To Play Won Lost Ostling 0 3 Vellings ) 6 3 Sinkins 0 6 3 Dodge at 5 3 Gord Dodge meets Thor Olsen on Saturday night for his last game and he HAS to win this to stay in the running, Olsen, who was knocked out when he dropped a close one to Wellings, will be trying his best to drag Dodge down into the losers! section, if noth- ing else but to keep him company, This will be the game to watch, Finalists in Section "A" will be determined by a series of sudden death gamas it is presumed, In Section "B'" here are the standings as of last night's play: a Rink To Play Won Lost A, MacDonald "0 ; 3 J, MacDonald 2 6 ce Garvin a, if 3 Allen Bi, q 3 _ On Tuesday night Garvin defeated Alex MacDonald and that was one game Alex needed, «8 things stand now J, MacDonald's remaining games are with Latour and Garvin, and the latter draw will cause one or the other to be eliminated, Allen's remaining game is with Latour and as you know anything can happen in Curling, All we can do is wish them all luck and trust that the best rink will win out, Hiram-Walker Event This is the last Bonspiel ovent of the season and play will get underway starting Friday night. Curlers are asked to make a special note of their respective draws so that all games will be run off as. scheduled as ice conditions will not last for much lon- ger, and the Draw Committee is anxious to have this event completed well before the mild weather, . 128 (450). 4 Page 5 wh TEN PIN CHATTER : peas ' Pattison's Bears have onee again elimbed the top rung of the standings ladder and are now ina first place tie with Checkryn's Royals, Both teams have 23 points apiece, The Bears trounced the mighty Overheads in a 4 to 0 contest that found Ray Stachiw leading the scoring with games of 167, 160, Other favourable 3 game tallies were turned in by Pattison with 424, Clifford 423, and Weppler 417, Shirriff paced the Overheads with games of 152, 121, 159 (432) while Borsum received support from Porter with 153, 174 (428), Faust 155, 174 and the Captain's 3 game total of 416 which was not quite enough to turn back the Bears, Sechesky's B B's showed last night that they are going to be tough right down to the _wire as they humbled the Warehouse 4 to O ir one of the closest contests of the evening, Ed Aho lead the scoring with 179, 157, 134 (470). Favourable B B markers were Sechesky 159, 157, Gord Conway 147, 140, 152 (439), Dejonghe 157, Teddy Stachiw paced the Ware- house with 155, 168, 145 (468), while Marsh! 436. series along with Graham's 414 could not hold the thundering B Bts, Checkryn's Royals hung on to their firs. place spot by a scant one game win as they bowed to the surging Firebugs lead by Joe Shubaly's series of 162, 154, 155 (471). The Firebugs 3 to-0 win over the Royals places them in range of the league leading Bears and Royals, Handy Firebug tallies were Ruzyski 145, St. Louis 141, Bill Day 145. Checkryn paced his men with 150, 163, 145 (458). Freeman's 142, Louk's 177 and Adamo's 148, 144 could not hold the Firebugs in their race for first place. . , Lindskoog's Engineers gained 4 points over Whitfields #1 gang last eve as the Shift #1 Quintet failed to show up. Lind- skoog led the way with 155, 148, 170 (473) for the hi games of the evening. Gombole kept his average up with 147, 153, 149 (449). Williscroft found the groove for 164 and along with Don Boudreauts 412 series madd a nigao Or it, Standings to Date Play off teams Royals 23 Warehouse 16 Bears 23 Shift #1 16 Firebugs 20 & Overheads 15 Bats 19 zk Engineers 12 0-0-0 STORK CLUB Congratulations this week go to: Mr. and Mrs, Stan Matuzak - a girl - February 27th. Mr, and Mrs, John Long - a girl - February 28th. Y 0-0-0