Niagara Falls Gazett* 3-D Knocks and Boosts Bower Blanks Canadiens Warriors Win Sunday, Dec. 29, 1963 Death of Gorgeous George Deadlock Kerr Plays Recalls His Falls Display Boston by 2-0 by 2 Points /TORONTO UP) — Ancient Johnny Bower turned Wings 1-1 BALTIMORE UR — Wilt Chamberlain's one-hahder In Record back 28 shots, recorded his second shutout of the sea­ MONTREAL w» — Montrr- with one second remaining gave the San Francisco War- By MIKE QUINLAN al's Bobby Rousseau popped , nr. ,n. .,,• , , ,-, , «, ,, , , • , son and led his Toronto Maple Leafs into a share of nors a 106 104 ON A MONDAY NIGHT some 25 or so years ago , in a goal from a frantic scram-, - National Basketball Association victory 707th Tilt the late Bill Gaynon, sports editor, of the Evening Re­ second place in the National Hockey League with a 2-0 jbie in the closing minutes Sat-i over the Baltimore Bullets Saturday night, blanking of Boston Saturday" night. [urd^y night and salvaged a 1-1 j chamberlain's 12-foot shot PHILADELPHIA OR—John­ view in Niagara Falls, Ont., and I decided to take a National Hockey League lie i d a last-ditch rally by the' Bower, the oldest player in*. ru ne ny Kerr of Philadelphia set a with Detroit. Bullets, who overcame a six- Tom Birch fell to the floor National Basketball Associa­ look at Gorgeous George, the new­ the NHL at 39, was staked to a two-goal lead in the first Rousseau hit on a 20 foot point deficit in the last two! While order was being re- tion record of most consecu- est wrestling sensation and the Bower had his biggest chal a( hand r at :02 of hc period and made it stand up lenge in the final period whenj!?. * ? .^ , * j minutes after a wide melee stored, a fan came out of the'tive games plaved~ as the 76ers grappler who had been drawing nal w lp the Red against the last-place Bruins, the Bruins put on their only f' Pf™°a ™ t ; involving players, officials stands and.swung at Rogers, defeated Los Angeles 114-100 Marce p huge crowds wherever he appear­ who ranged from hot to cold. sustained rush. The aging\™** [ ™novost was and fans. The spectator was chased Saturday night He also con- ed. George Armstrong and Carl goalie turned back- 13 shots i sittinHisg tyinout ga markehookinrg deprivepenalty.d) GuThv 'Rogere ruckus s Parted after; back to his seat by Chamber-;tributed 23 int t th vic. Brewer were the Toronto first in that period. tory, Bill didn't like wrestling, or (Detroiu.e t •...„goali„ e,„.,ri.„ Terry, Sawchuk.»„„,.,..n.i j f„m ,*iPH„ kevin ofthI nuohere Warriorsv nmr! lainSAN . FRANCISCO BALTIMORE !|„,v period marksmen. Armstrong FIRST PERIOD—!, Toronto. Arm-1 ,- „ *„, Q(.,u " „„„ tu„. ' . • xvevin i,ou„nti\ ncai G F T G F T Kerr, 31, appeared In his wrestlers. He called them "leg .striking within the first two strong u (Keon ) ,9:5i:53. Pena,,2. Tory- i of a record 95th catcct shut- mid-court with San Francisco „ . 8 2 18 Johnson 6 2H;707th straight NBA game, -B^TiT-is ^ j out and matched Bruce MaMahoad 102.96. Both plavers Sower "11 4 26Dischinger pullers," much to the disgust of minutes and Brewer only two 'Gregor's first period marker|started to fight and they vv ! .™'in 11 i 26 Bellamy 10 3 2!; breaking the old mark of 706 seconds before time was out. SECOND PERIOD— Non*. Prnaltles-- P P 9 0 18Thorn l6 5 ?7j t*y Dolph Schayes, now th» Sammy Sobel, the promoter of the Mohns 3:23. Shack 13:35. Green 13:35- for Detroit . , soon joined bv Al Attics of | PWIIIP* 0 1 1 Looghery The victory lifted the Leafs Harris 14:40. Lelter 14:40. Gendron 2 5 9Koiis l o 2J76ers coach. 14:40. The tie dropped Montreal j the Warriors. Snood bouts at that time. But he did Hl 3 2 8 Gable into a share of second place THIRD PERIOD—None. Penalties -, into a tie for second place Referee Norm Druck^r " -0 0 OCable ]o2 Hal Greer was high for the want to see Gorgeous George and with Montreal, which tied De­ Kennedy 5:24. Horton 15:28, Green Green J_!J|76ers with 24 points. Jerry 19:20. with.Toronto, 2-0 victors over' Krabbed Attles around the troit 1-1. Chicago, idle Satur­ Total? 44 18 106 TotaK I did too, being curious as to why Saves: Boston. legs and in the wild scramble 42 20i04JWest led Los Angeles with 29 i day, leads he two by five Johnston 4 ',8 '0—32 FIRST PERIOD—1, t)elroif, MacGre- r^ , i / i San Francisco 27 28 27 24 }£*:while Elgin Baylor had 26. he should be such a drawing card. Bower 8 7 13—28 9or 5 (Martin, Barkley) 4:12. Penal­ Attles, Drucker and referee ! Baltimore ...24342521 points. Attendance 14.041. ties—Harper 2:15. Fer«u«>n 5:45. Ing­ Kerr hasn't missed a gams Now grappling had never been too prosperous a ram 8:48. since he started playing in SECOND PERIOD-None. Penalties — sport in the Canadian City. It did have a steady loyal None. the NBA 10 years ago. THIRD PERIOD—2, Montreal, Rous­ following ever since its introduction by Jim Corcoran seau 7 (Beliveau. LaPerriere) 17:02. Schayes set his record of 708 Penalties—Martin 9:24, M. Pronovost Atwell Gets Five while with the Syracuse Nats, during the summer months in the old hockey arena on 15:33. Hershey Wins Over Saves: now the Philadelphia 76ers, Victoria Avenue, since torn down to make way for a Sawchgk 9 14 10—33 Hodge 8 8 12—28 from Feb. 17, 1952, through motel. But never was there any scarcity of seats. There Attendance 14.235. Dec. 26, 1961. Goals for Barons Kerr and Schayes are the always were hundreds of them, for the sports-loving Buffalo Bisons 5-2 CLEVELAND M — Ron Attwell scored five goals only two players in the 18* fans along both sides of the border, saved their big HERSHEY, Pa. W — Pete Conacher scored his 18th year history of the league for the Cleveland Barons Saturday night—three of them enthusiasm for Gene Fraser's hockey teams. At play­ and 19th goals of the season Saturday night to lead the ever to go over the 700 game j off time they used to jam the old building to its raft­ in the final period and four with assists from-playing figure in seasonal play. . 5 Hershey Bears to an easy 5-2 American Hockey League LOS ANGELES PHILADELPHIA ers. Coach Fred Glover—as the Barons trounced Quebec G F T G F T victory over the Buffalo Bisons. Baylor 9 8 26Walker '5715 7-2. ' . *- La Rosso 2 8 12Warley 7 4 13 The Bears jumped into a* Wiley 0 0 OKerr 9 5 23 , -i The victory kept the Barons West SO IT WAS WITH greased. And, in the open­ fast three-goal lead in the Attwell's last two 'i 7 2°Costel!o 4 0 3 in a tie with Pittsburgh for scores j BanwH 5 6 16Greer 9 6 24 GREAT surprise when Bill ing minutes of the bout he first period, then scored twice final goal less than two min­ 1 2 4 Neumann 3 0 6 whizzed past Quebec goalie [Nelson 3 1 7 and I approached the arena 6et up . a furious protest more in the second period. utes later. Buffalo's Eddie the lead of the American 3 1 7Bianchi Hockey League's Western Di- Gump Worsely only six sec-i feVvy 1 1 3Gr'nspan 1 3 5 and saw fans In three and when his opponent mussed Hershey, In gaining its Kachur closed out the scoring Reed 0 0 ODierklng 1 0 2 four long lines, waiting to vjsjon jonds apart. Worsely had 38 KrebJ 0 0 OWhlte 2 2 6 up his hair. fourth victory in its last five early in the third period. st s for tne nishf King i 13 buy tickets. As we entered * * • games, took over sole posses- The' five goals were the °P. - compared Buffalo returns home to most the tall. 28-year-old Att-1 w)th Celveland goalie Lesl Totals 33 34 100 Totals 44 26 11 4 the building surprise turn­ AS FOR HIS ABILITY sion of first place in the East- play Quebec in Memorial Los Angeles 29 29 25 21 —;00 well ever scored in one game.j Binkley s 19. Philadelphia 29 28 26 31—114 ed into amazement and on the mat Gorgeous ern Division. i Auditorium at 7:15 p.m. to then bewilderment. Not The league record, held by j When Cliff Pennington got George was no better or no The Bears broke on top att night. several players, is six and his first goal of the season for only was every seat in the worse than dozens of those 7:41 when Myron Stankie- 1 big, .old building filled, but FIRST PERIOD—1, Hershev. Stan- Willie Marshall of Providence Quebec at 15:40 of the second Army Wins in pro wrestling ranks-. Def­ wicz beat goalie Roy Edwards kiewicz (Nvkoluk, Conacher) 7:41. 2, conected for five earlier this period. . the Barons already the standing room area Hershey, Keller (DeJordy) 9:04. 3, initely he was not one of on a close-in shot with "Buf­ Hershey, Conacher (Nykoluk, Stankie- season. had scored four. Wayne Hicks around the ringside section the best. He was not in the wicz) 11:00. 4, Buffalo, Dea (Lunde, sent an 8-footer home for Que­ Over Tigers falo shorthanded. Ralph Kel­ Van Impel 14:53. Penalties — Evans Glover's assists gave him was jammed with people. I same class as grapplers like ler and Conacher then added 7:01, Evans 15:54. the league scoring lead with bec at 1.02 of the third period, and from there on it was all MIAMI, Fla GP)—Army de­ don't know how many were Ed Don George, Earl Mc- tallies before Buffalq's Billy SECOND PERIOD—5, Hershey, Con­ 40 points — two more than feated Princeton 60-56 Satur­ in the arena that night but Cready, Ed (Strangier) acher (Reaume, Stankiewlcz) 14:14. 6, Marshall. Attwell. Dea scored at 14:53 for theHershey , Ubriaco (Keller, McCreary) day night for third place in i i there must have been close Lewis, Jim Londos, Everett Bisons. 16:40. Penalties—Reaume 0:09, Evans the Hurricane Basketball Clas­ to 5,000. No figures were re­ Marshall, the Duseks, or 9:16, Evans 12:42. 1 f With Buffalo shorthanded THJRD PERIOD—7, Buffalo, Kachur sic. ! J I leased, but I do know that other headliners of the day. (unassisted) 5:12. Penalty — Ashbee again, Conacher a dd e d his 7:20. Princeton's Bill Bradley got it ' the ticket sale was shut off But he could grunt, groan, Brown Defeats Colgate second marker at 14:14 of the Saves: 34 points and kept his team : t and admission was refused grimace and clown with the in contention most of the i \\ second period and G e n e| Edwards 8 '9 7-2 4 i j Chadwick 9 7 7 •ROCHESTER Ufl — Brown:never able to tie or take the to many. best of them and, of course,. Ubriaco scored Hershey's -23 way. Ttefi at halftime 31-31, '• '{ Attendance 6.401. rolled up a 20-point halftime j lead. 1 * * * he always won—unless the ROSE QUEEN-Nancy Knee- Army came back to score 10 GEORGEOUS GEORGE promoter had arranged for lead, then barely withstood a, Fran Driscoll. Brown's play- points in opening minutes of land, as Rose Queen, will second-half surge by Colgate j maker, also led his team's the second half. appeared on two or three a return bout. reign over the Rose Bowl other occasions, but the Like most busy wrestlers to beat the Red Raiders 72-70; scorers with 19 points; Bruce The Tigers staged a last glamors, had worn off by of the day. Gorgeous. Western Kentucky parade and football game Saturday night to win the j Corbett of Colgate had 22, the minute rally for 56-58, but that time and only normal- George made money—a lot on New Year's Day. first Kodak Basketball Clas- game high. two quick buckets from the sized crowds greeted him of it. In fact he amassed a sic j Brown now has a 4-5 rec- Cadet squad ended the game. Rochester beat Amherst °rd and Colgate 4-4. . ' on those occasions. modest fortune. But, unlike Special Award That first big crowd gave most grapplers, he lost Beats Coast Guard Locas Bags 3 73-61 in a battle for third . Rochester bad its 40-28 half- George a tremendous greet­ most of it. It was with sur­ , time bulge chopped to 64-61 NEW YORK UP) —' Willard ORLANDO, Fla. (ffi — Western Kentucky's defens Mullin, sports cartoonist of the ing — some of It enthusi­ prise that we in reading of ive specialists throttled the Coast Guard's offensive ° ,, 'with 3:24 left before catching - I astic, but much more rauc­ his death noted that his For Hornets Brown, normally a running New York World Telegram thrusts and turned three Cadet miscues into touch­ £ire agaln and Sun, will receive a spec­ ous and derogatory. George savings had almost all PITTSBURGH UP) — Yves team, slowed its attack down Rochester's Phil Yurecka ebbed away for the grap­ downs in rolling to an easy 27-0 Tangerine Bowl victory ial award at the Boxing Writ­ walked from the dressing Uocas scored three goals for against the deceptively fast ]ed aU scorers with 22 points ers' Association annual dinner room, clad in one of his plers—unlike most fighters Saturday night. * Pittsburgh Saturday night in Red Raiders and led 43-23 at Ken Howard and Barry Brf> —have been, and are, canny the intermission. j Jan." 12. i&i colorful brocaded robes and, The teams battled on evenj _^ sparking the Hornets to a 7-3 kaw %vtre high for Amherst his hair-do really something investors. victory over Baltimore in an But Colgate switched to a-with 19 apiece, * • • terms for one and one-half! TeX3S CrliriSticlll- half-court press and whittled Rochester now is 5-2 and NHL Standings to behold with its curls, quarters, the Hilltoppers took American Hockey League WHILE THE PROFES- down Brown's margin, though Amherst 1-4. W L T Pts GFGA rolls and curlecues. His charge with two quick touch­ game. Chicago 19 8 7 45 113 74 mincing steps and effemin­ SIONALS will continue Montreal 17 10 6 40 104 87 1 downs. Beats Alabama The victory left Pittsburgh Toronto 17 9 6 40 93 77 ate air stirred the ringsid- playing well into the New Initial Break I r-nrr\mrTTP o ^ tied with Cleveland for the Detroit 11 15 6 28 Tl 93 ers to insults galore and Year, football will end for GRE New York 8 19 6 22 90 110 Western Kentucky's initial' ^VJr ,> S.C. Ml - lead in the league's Western Boston 7 18 7 21 64 95 1 these grew in number and the college boys, on an am­ break came when Co as tiTexasClms.Uans zone defense Division. Cleveland defeated Indiana Tech Winner ateur basis, on Wednesday. stymied favored Alabama Sat­ volume as George's valet Guard's Paul Blayney drop- Quebec 7-2. ROCHESTER Wl—- Indiana', Indiana, the 1959 winner of used a hand pump to spray But it seems to me that the urday night and the Horned I peri back to kick and the Baltimore got off to a 20Tec h dumped Lawrence Tech I the Tech tourney, pulled away perfume around the ring. "bowl game" business has pass from center sailed over Frogs scored a 70-64 upset vic­ RAZOR CLINIC lead early in the game. Locas 99-86 and-unbeaten Drexel Lawrence" in the final It was a lot of silly nonsense reached its peak. In fact, his head and the Hilltoppers tory in the consolation game tied the game at 2-2 at 11:09 f Electric Razor Servico of the Poinsettia Classic Bas­ Tech, the defending eham- —but the crowd ate it up. it probably has passed it. took command on the Cadets' of the second period and Ted • SCHICK • REMINGTON Interest definitely has ketball Tournament. pion, beat Pratt 74-55 Satur-!four minutes. In the first half, • * • 32. Brothers Jim and John Hampson put the Hornets in the • SUNBEAM • NORELCO waned in this part of the Texas Christian, showing a day night in the semifinals ofj lead changed hands nne AND EVEN THOSE who Burt alternated in carrying; front at 13:51 of the same the Tech Invitational Basket­ times and the score was tied Cutting Heads and were making the most dis- country and of the 15 or the ball to the 11. Quarter-'sharp form reversal after ainprinf1 nine times. p a ball Tournament. e Cordi in Stock parging remarks were the KO pre-season college back Sharon Miller then faked 121-point drubbing by Furmanj „~The Hornets scored four! In a consolation double- Indiana led 49-47 at half- games, only the Navy-Tex­ a handoff and raced around Friday night, rode a 23-point BU 4-7711 ones who scrambled the ame goals in the final peroid — header in the afternoon. Ste­ time. most vigorously for the bob­ as clash in the Cotton Bowl left end for the touchdown.! 2 °y Bobby McKinley and Two plays after the ensuing superior free throw shooting three of them in one minute vens Tech defeated Newark Indiana's Ron Zigler led FIRTH JEWELERS by pins he tossed out to the has stirred up much talk. College of Engineering and kickoff, Coast Guard fumbled to victory. and 34 seconds. all scorers with 29 points. E. Fills b 15th (near Pertsft) crowd. Advertisements said Probably there's a lot more Detroit Tech downed winless Gerry Wnuk was high for interest in the South, from and Kentucky's Hugh Stur­ TCU grabbed a 37-32 half it' they were gold, which, of geon pounced on the ball on time lead and never lost the Rochester Tech, 65-60. Lawrence with 25. course, they were not. And where the bulk of the bowl teams have been recruited, the Cadet 11. John Burt lost advantage. Kentucky Is they were called "Georgie nine, then Miller ^fired a 20- Pins." but there's little here. Per­ haps the fact that good yard scoring pass to right end George acted coy when John Mutchler. Cincinnati Wins Easy Victor the referee ordered him Eastern teams were ignored may have caused some lack Kick* Conversion to remove his robe for the Sam Clark booted his sec­ Opening Game LOUISVILLE, Ky. OP—Un-j usual pre-bout examination of enthusiasm, particularly ond conversion and the Ken- beaten Kentucky, making a NO-TIRE the passing-up of Pitts­ and slapped that official's tuekians from Bowling Green CINCINNATI W—The Cin- determined bid to become the | 4-PLY hands away when he sought burgh, probably the best had a 14-0 halftime edge. Icinnati Bearcats WQn their nation's No. 1 collegiate bas-j team in the entire country. ALL-NYLON to fee if his body were Miller completed only two; Missouri Vallev Conference ketball team, surged past; CLEARANCE! passes in six attempts, but: basketball opening game Sat­ Notre Dame 101-81 Saturday j both went for scores. urday night 54-52 over a Tulsa night behind the shooting of^ GRANTS OWN WTG BRAND » NO TRADE-IN REQUIRED! Wtslern Kentucky 0 14 t 7—27 team that switched tactics. Cotton Nash. •• \i Coast Guard 0 0 0 0— 0 Boosting their record to 8-0. Medina Wins Lockport WKY—Miller 1! run (Clark kick). Instead of going for the WKY--Mutchler 20 Pass from Miller the Wildcats went Into triple (Clark kick). WKY—Naoo«r 57 pass usual fast break, the Golden from Miller (kick failed). WKY—Jim Hurricane tried a deliberate figures for the fifth time this Burl 14 rw (Clark kick). Attendant* 7,500. offensive and man-to-man, de­ season. Wrestling Tournament Th» Statistics: fense. This kept both teams Nash finished wih a game- W KY. COAJT GUARD 7 First Downs 12 scoring low. high 33 points. Larry Shef­ 144 Rushing Yardas* 5 Tulsa tied the game .26-26 . LOCKPORT—Medina Central School was the team 80 Passing Yardas* 186 field paced the losers with 27 3-1A Passes 14-39 1 at halftime. points. winner In the first annual Lockport Invitational Holiday 4 Passes Intercepted bv o 8-36.0 PvnH 4-27.5 Wrestling Tournament held in the Lockport High School 4 Fumbles Lost 8 gym Saturday night. 120 Yards Penallred 45 St. Louis Ties Will Aid League Medina had seven Individ- Red Prize Set Up Olympic Team ST. LOUIS on —The major ual winners and totaled 112 Penn State leagues voted to renew a $50.- points. Starpoint was second TOKYO W1 — Communist ST. LOIUS, on—Carl Gen­ 000 donation to help finance with 02 points while Niagara North Korea has Instituted a tile scored a goal in the final the Central Illinois Collegiate Falls took third place with 50 Wins Tourney science prize, including mone­ seconds that gave St. Louis League, the president of the tary reward, to spur develop­ University a 2-2 tie with the National Collegiate Baseball points and host Lockport was ment of the country, the New last with 49. DETROIT in — Penn State U.S. Olympic soccer team Foundation announced Satur­ rallied in the final minutes China News Agency reports. Saturday. day. Gary Preisch of Starpoint, and downed Detroit 88-83 Sat­ winner In the lfikpound class, urday night to become the was voted the tourney's most first eastern team to win the outstanding wrestler. He will Motor City Basketball Tour­ receive * trophy. Other indi­ nament. vidual winners: i 95 pounds. Dave Hlgglns Penn State, trailing for (Madlna); 103. Mel Cunninfrl most of the game after keep- ham (Niagara Vails); 112, Bill in« l} C,0J* in lJe- J,rsl 1(? minutes, outscorcd 1 the1 host Blackburn (Medina); 120, Bob TUBE TYPE TUBFXEvSS Knight (Medina); 127, Bob team 10-4 In its winning rally. O'Malley (Starpoint); 133, Bob Weiss, named the tour­ 670-15 800-14 1 Frank Russo (Medina); 138, nament's most valuable play­ Dennis George (Medina); 145, er, scored seven of hia 35 Reg. 12.99 *8 Reg. 17.99 M2 John Hey (Starpoint); 154, Ken points in the final spurt. De­ 710-15 850-14 Nice (Medina); 180, Paul Wag­ troit's Dick Dzik- paced all $Q ner (Medina); unlimited, Rog­ scorers with 38 points, 20 of Reg. 14.99 Reg. 18.99 M2 er Preisch (Starpoint), them coming In the first half. 760-15 760-15 Reg. 16.99 Reg. 18.99 M2 Jaycee Winners AHL Standings Ml NEW YORK, OR—The Uni­ IA1TIRN DIVISION FORD Reg. 6.88—$4 CHRYS. Reg. 7.99—$5 W L r PI* CF OA versity of Massachusetts, led H«r*h«V 16 13 1 33 10* 112 RIMS PONT. Reg. 8.88—$6 RAMB. Reg. 8.88—$6 ProvW«nc« ..,.14 14 3 31 117 100 by Rodger Twitchell, won the B«Ulmor« ....15 1« 1 31 91 104 Jaycee Invitational Basket- Oo**C IS 18 0 30 110 \fi LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, BOYS? trio appear to be looming intently ii "CHARGE IT NO MONEY DOWNI ball championship at Wag- U>r\nifa\4 ...13 17 1 27 103 118 All Prk.i Plui F»d. Tax ! WISTIRN DIVISION —Sid Youngleman (76) of the Buf­ on the snow-covered ground. The her College Saturday with an PlttsbofOh ....20 11 0 40 109 83 NORTHEND SHOPPING CltvtlaixJ 19 12 2 40 113 84 falo Bills seerm to be inquiring from action was during Saturday's Bos­ 89-88 overtime victory over RochMtsr 16 12 0 32 107 89 Untitled Document CENTRE a smaller Fairfield Unlver- Buffalo I II 2 18 69 111 a teairrtnate and two Buffalo play­ ton-Buffalo football game.-^Gazette W.T.GR ANT CO. ers if they had lost something as the Photo.

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