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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 <H8rri$, Duff>) ,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.